AMTX vs. GEVO, ORGN, VGAS, FF, DTI, PNRG, ZEO, PROP, HNRG, and TUSK
Should you be buying Aemetis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aemetis include Gevo (GEVO), Origin Materials (ORGN), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), FutureFuel (FF), Drilling Tools International (DTI), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), Zeo Energy (ZEO), Prairie Operating (PROP), Hallador Energy (HNRG), and Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) and Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Gevo had 1 more articles in the media than Aemetis. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Gevo and 11 mentions for Aemetis. Gevo's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Aemetis' score of -0.33 indicating that Gevo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aemetis has higher revenue and earnings than Gevo. Aemetis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gevo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aemetis has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gevo has a beta of 2.88, suggesting that its stock price is 188% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aemetis has a net margin of -24.86% compared to Gevo's net margin of -393.88%. Aemetis' return on equity of 0.00% beat Gevo's return on equity.
Aemetis presently has a consensus target price of $10.30, suggesting a potential upside of 157.82%. Gevo has a consensus target price of $4.76, suggesting a potential upside of 565.43%. Given Gevo's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gevo is more favorable than Aemetis.
27.0% of Aemetis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Gevo shares are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of Aemetis shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Gevo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Gevo received 207 more outperform votes than Aemetis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.80% of users gave Gevo an outperform vote while only 60.84% of users gave Aemetis an outperform vote.
Summary
Gevo beats Aemetis on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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