BLGO vs. ARQ, ZTEK, VGAS, TSE, AMTX, LODE, LOOP, ALTO, LNZA, and ORGN
Should you be buying BioLargo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BioLargo include ARQ (ARQ), Zentek (ZTEK), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), Trinseo (TSE), Aemetis (AMTX), Comstock (LODE), Loop Industries (LOOP), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), LanzaTech Global (LNZA), and Origin Materials (ORGN). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
BioLargo vs. Its Competitors
BioLargo (NASDAQ:BLGO) and ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
ARQ has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.47%. Given ARQ's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ARQ is more favorable than BioLargo.
BioLargo received 107 more outperform votes than ARQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave ARQ an outperform vote while only 60.99% of users gave BioLargo an outperform vote.
BioLargo has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARQ has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BioLargo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ARQ. ARQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BioLargo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
0.0% of BioLargo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of ARQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of BioLargo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of ARQ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, ARQ had 1 more articles in the media than BioLargo. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ARQ and 2 mentions for BioLargo. ARQ's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat BioLargo's score of 0.50 indicating that ARQ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ARQ has a net margin of -0.44% compared to BioLargo's net margin of -11.45%. ARQ's return on equity of -0.25% beat BioLargo's return on equity.
Summary
ARQ beats BioLargo on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:BLGO) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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