AQMS vs. UCL, AISP, AIRE, KPLT, GRRR, FTHM, MOGO, ATGL, DOMA, and USIO
Should you be buying Aqua Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aqua Metals include uCloudlink Group (UCL), Airship AI (AISP), reAlpha Tech (AIRE), Katapult (KPLT), Gorilla Technology Group (GRRR), Fathom (FTHM), Mogo (MOGO), Alpha Technology Group (ATGL), Doma (DOMA), and Usio (USIO). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) and uCloudlink Group (NASDAQ:UCL) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.
uCloudlink Group has a net margin of 3.28% compared to Aqua Metals' net margin of 0.00%. uCloudlink Group's return on equity of 18.97% beat Aqua Metals' return on equity.
Aqua Metals has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, uCloudlink Group has a beta of 4.51, suggesting that its share price is 351% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, uCloudlink Group had 9 more articles in the media than Aqua Metals. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for uCloudlink Group and 4 mentions for Aqua Metals. Aqua Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat uCloudlink Group's score of 0.04 indicating that Aqua Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aqua Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than uCloudlink Group. Aqua Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than uCloudlink Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aqua Metals received 252 more outperform votes than uCloudlink Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.11% of users gave Aqua Metals an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave uCloudlink Group an outperform vote.
Aqua Metals presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 534.25%. Given Aqua Metals' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Aqua Metals is more favorable than uCloudlink Group.
14.6% of Aqua Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.1% of uCloudlink Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Aqua Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of uCloudlink Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
uCloudlink Group beats Aqua Metals on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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