AMTX vs. VGAS, GEVO, ORGN, FF, SOL, KLXE, LGO, PHX, GIFI, and EPSN
Should you be buying Aemetis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aemetis include Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), Gevo (GEVO), Origin Materials (ORGN), FutureFuel (FF), Emeren Group (SOL), KLX Energy Services (KLXE), Largo (LGO), PHX Minerals (PHX), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), and Epsilon Energy (EPSN). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Verde Clean Fuels (NASDAQ:VGAS) and Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.
Verde Clean Fuels has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aemetis.
In the previous week, Aemetis had 2 more articles in the media than Verde Clean Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Aemetis and 4 mentions for Verde Clean Fuels. Verde Clean Fuels' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Aemetis' score of 0.86 indicating that Aemetis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Verde Clean Fuels has a beta of -0.46, indicating that its stock price is 146% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aemetis has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Verde Clean Fuels has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Verde Clean Fuels' net margin of -24.86%. Verde Clean Fuels' return on equity of 0.00% beat Aemetis' return on equity.
4.7% of Verde Clean Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Aemetis shares are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of Aemetis shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aemetis has a consensus price target of $10.30, suggesting a potential upside of 256.40%. Given Verde Clean Fuels' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aemetis is more favorable than Verde Clean Fuels.
Aemetis received 173 more outperform votes than Verde Clean Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Aemetis beats Verde Clean Fuels on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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