AMRS vs. GPRE, WLKP, AMLI, VHI, TGB, PACK, ZEUS, CLW, RYAM, and MUX
Should you be buying Amyris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amyris include Green Plains (GPRE), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), American Lithium (AMLI), Valhi (VHI), Taseko Mines (TGB), Ranpak (PACK), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Clearwater Paper (CLW), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), and McEwen Mining (MUX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Amyris vs.
Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE) and Amyris (NASDAQ:AMRS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Green Plains presently has a consensus target price of $40.83, indicating a potential upside of 34.01%. Amyris has a consensus target price of $4.63, indicating a potential upside of 250.38%. Given Amyris' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amyris is more favorable than Green Plains.
Green Plains has a net margin of -3.47% compared to Amyris' net margin of -195.85%. Amyris' return on equity of 0.00% beat Green Plains' return on equity.
Green Plains received 42 more outperform votes than Amyris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.52% of users gave Green Plains an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave Amyris an outperform vote.
43.1% of Amyris shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Green Plains shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.8% of Amyris shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Green Plains has higher revenue and earnings than Amyris. Green Plains is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amyris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Amyris had 6 more articles in the media than Green Plains. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Amyris and 3 mentions for Green Plains. Green Plains' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Amyris' score of -0.01 indicating that Green Plains is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Green Plains has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amyris has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Green Plains beats Amyris on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AMRS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
