ORGN vs. ARQ, ZTEK, VGAS, TSE, CBUS, AMTX, LODE, ALTO, BLGO, and LOOP
Should you be buying Origin Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Origin Materials include ARQ (ARQ), Zentek (ZTEK), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), Trinseo (TSE), Cibus (CBUS), Aemetis (AMTX), Comstock (LODE), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), BioLargo (BLGO), and Loop Industries (LOOP). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Origin Materials vs.
Origin Materials (NASDAQ:ORGN) and ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
ARQ has a net margin of -0.44% compared to Origin Materials' net margin of -229.52%. ARQ's return on equity of -0.25% beat Origin Materials' return on equity.
Origin Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ARQ. ARQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
29.9% of Origin Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of ARQ shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of Origin Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.9% of ARQ shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Origin Materials has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARQ has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ARQ had 3 more articles in the media than Origin Materials. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ARQ and 1 mentions for Origin Materials. Origin Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat ARQ's score of 1.15 indicating that Origin Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Origin Materials currently has a consensus price target of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 234.08%. ARQ has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 69.65%. Given Origin Materials' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Origin Materials is more favorable than ARQ.
Origin Materials received 54 more outperform votes than ARQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave ARQ an outperform vote while only 60.42% of users gave Origin Materials an outperform vote.
Summary
ARQ beats Origin Materials on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ORGN) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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