FF vs. AMTX, VGAS, GEVO, ORGN, REX, RNGR, FREY, SJT, AMPY, and UROY
Should you be buying FutureFuel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FutureFuel include Aemetis (AMTX), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), Gevo (GEVO), Origin Materials (ORGN), REX American Resources (REX), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), FREYR Battery (FREY), San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (SJT), Amplify Energy (AMPY), and Uranium Royalty (UROY). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
FutureFuel (NYSE:FF) and Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Aemetis had 3 more articles in the media than FutureFuel. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Aemetis and 1 mentions for FutureFuel. FutureFuel's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Aemetis' score of 1.21 indicating that FutureFuel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aemetis has a consensus price target of $10.30, suggesting a potential upside of 184.53%. Given Aemetis' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aemetis is more favorable than FutureFuel.
FutureFuel received 60 more outperform votes than Aemetis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.33% of users gave FutureFuel an outperform vote while only 60.70% of users gave Aemetis an outperform vote.
FutureFuel has higher revenue and earnings than Aemetis. Aemetis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FutureFuel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.6% of FutureFuel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Aemetis shares are held by institutional investors. 40.9% of FutureFuel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Aemetis shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FutureFuel has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aemetis has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FutureFuel has a net margin of 10.15% compared to Aemetis' net margin of -24.86%. FutureFuel's return on equity of 12.41% beat Aemetis' return on equity.
Summary
FutureFuel beats Aemetis on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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