GEVO vs. VGAS, AMTX, PEIX, ORGN, FF, PROP, TUSK, DTI, PNRG, and HNRG
Should you be buying Gevo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gevo include Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), Aemetis (AMTX), Alto Ingredients (PEIX), Origin Materials (ORGN), FutureFuel (FF), Prairie Operating (PROP), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Drilling Tools International (DTI), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), and Hallador Energy (HNRG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Verde Clean Fuels (NASDAQ:VGAS) and Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Gevo received 381 more outperform votes than Verde Clean Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Gevo had 10 more articles in the media than Verde Clean Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Gevo and 6 mentions for Verde Clean Fuels. Gevo's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Verde Clean Fuels' score of 0.24 indicating that Verde Clean Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the media.
15.6% of Verde Clean Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Gevo shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Gevo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Verde Clean Fuels has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gevo. Verde Clean Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gevo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gevo has a consensus price target of $4.76, suggesting a potential upside of 622.03%. Given Verde Clean Fuels' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gevo is more favorable than Verde Clean Fuels.
Verde Clean Fuels has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Verde Clean Fuels' net margin of -393.88%. Gevo's return on equity of -8.59% beat Verde Clean Fuels' return on equity.
Verde Clean Fuels has a beta of -0.59, indicating that its share price is 159% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gevo has a beta of 2.88, indicating that its share price is 188% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gevo beats Verde Clean Fuels on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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