VGAS vs. ORGN, GEVO, AMTX, FF, PROP, DTI, SOL, PHX, EPSN, and MVO
Should you be buying Verde Clean Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verde Clean Fuels include Origin Materials (ORGN), Gevo (GEVO), Aemetis (AMTX), FutureFuel (FF), Prairie Operating (PROP), Drilling Tools International (DTI), Emeren Group (SOL), PHX Minerals (PHX), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), and MV Oil Trust (MVO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Verde Clean Fuels (NASDAQ:VGAS) and Origin Materials (NASDAQ:ORGN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
15.6% of Verde Clean Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.9% of Origin Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Origin Materials shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Origin Materials has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 554.24%. Given Origin Materials' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Origin Materials is more favorable than Verde Clean Fuels.
Origin Materials received 57 more outperform votes than Verde Clean Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Origin Materials had 5 more articles in the media than Verde Clean Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Origin Materials and 5 mentions for Verde Clean Fuels. Verde Clean Fuels' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Origin Materials' score of 0.24 indicating that Verde Clean Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Origin Materials has a net margin of 82.62% compared to Verde Clean Fuels' net margin of 0.00%. Verde Clean Fuels' return on equity of -8.59% beat Origin Materials' return on equity.
Verde Clean Fuels has a beta of -0.59, meaning that its share price is 159% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Materials has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Origin Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Verde Clean Fuels. Verde Clean Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Origin Materials beats Verde Clean Fuels on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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