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$0.50 -0.05 (-9.09%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:54 PM Eastern
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AQMS vs. INHD, HWM, MT, TS, PKX, GGB, TX, SID, CSTM, and WS

Should you be buying Aqua Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aqua Metals include Inno (INHD), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), ArcelorMittal (MT), Tenaris (TS), POSCO (PKX), Gerdau (GGB), Ternium (TX), National Steel (SID), Constellium (CSTM), and Worthington Steel (WS). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

Aqua Metals vs. Its Competitors

Inno (NASDAQ:INHD) and Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) are both small-cap steel works companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Aqua Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Inno's net margin of -399.87%. Inno's return on equity of -78.75% beat Aqua Metals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Inno-399.87% -78.75% -66.18%
Aqua Metals N/A -147.77%-99.67%

0.2% of Inno shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.0% of Aqua Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Aqua Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Aqua Metals had 3 more articles in the media than Inno. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Aqua Metals and 0 mentions for Inno. Inno's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aqua Metals'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Inno Neutral
Aqua Metals Neutral

Aqua Metals has a consensus price target of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 4,157.43%. Given Aqua Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aqua Metals is more favorable than Inno.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Inno
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Aqua Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Inno has higher revenue and earnings than Aqua Metals.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Inno$890K13.52-$3.21MN/AN/A
Aqua Metals$30K167.49-$24.55M-$3.85-0.13

Inno has a beta of -2.17, meaning that its stock price is 317% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aqua Metals has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Aqua Metals beats Inno on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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AQMS vs. The Competition

MetricAqua MetalsWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.22M$10.17B$13.13B$9.05B
Dividend YieldN/A1.30%2.54%4.03%
P/E Ratio-0.1335.5328.8220.23
Price / Sales167.4920.0541.14118.64
Price / CashN/A17.0326.6558.07
Price / Book0.223.696.285.67
Net Income-$24.55M$221.89M$188.91M$249.13M
7 Day Performance-2.88%-0.16%3.62%3.28%
1 Month Performance-30.82%0.16%4.68%5.56%
1 Year Performance-92.05%14.55%38.79%21.12%

Aqua Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AQMS
Aqua Metals
2.0089 of 5 stars
$0.51
-9.1%
$21.50
+4,157.4%
-91.9%$5.22M$30K-0.1320
INHD
Inno
0.022 of 5 stars
$1.39
-4.1%
N/A-68.9%$8.83M$890K0.0011Gap Up
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.583 of 5 stars
$175.76
+1.4%
$142.13
-19.1%
+127.6%$70.95B$7.55B57.2523,930Positive News
MT
ArcelorMittal
4.036 of 5 stars
$30.54
+1.9%
$32.95
+7.9%
+40.1%$25.02B$62.44B19.96125,416
TS
Tenaris
3.2767 of 5 stars
$35.74
-1.9%
$44.00
+23.1%
+23.4%$20.78B$12.52B10.9025,874Analyst Upgrade
PKX
POSCO
1.8498 of 5 stars
$46.69
-1.5%
N/A-15.9%$14.17B$53.28B29.1844,502Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
GGB
Gerdau
3.6941 of 5 stars
$2.90
+1.4%
$3.80
+31.0%
-7.5%$6.03B$12.43B10.0025,557
TX
Ternium
1.7678 of 5 stars
$29.57
+0.7%
$30.67
+3.7%
-15.6%$5.93B$17.65B-16.6133,949News Coverage
SID
National Steel
0.7283 of 5 stars
$1.43
-0.3%
$1.30
-8.8%
-35.3%$1.89B$8.10B-4.0729,695News Coverage
CSTM
Constellium
3.5401 of 5 stars
$13.05
+1.0%
$19.00
+45.6%
-23.1%$1.86B$7.34B28.3612,000Positive News
WS
Worthington Steel
3.3862 of 5 stars
$25.06
+2.3%
$34.00
+35.7%
0.0%$1.27B$3.17B11.714,600Analyst Upgrade

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