AQMS vs. FLNT, PGY, CXAI, ATGL, SKIL, AIRE, KPLT, UCL, BNAI, and PONO
Should you be buying Aqua Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aqua Metals include Fluent (FLNT), Pagaya Technologies (PGY), CXApp (CXAI), Alpha Technology Group (ATGL), Skillsoft (SKIL), reAlpha Tech (AIRE), Katapult (KPLT), uCloudlink Group (UCL), Brand Engagement Network (BNAI), and Pono Capital (PONO). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) and Fluent (NASDAQ:FLNT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Aqua Metals received 84 more outperform votes than Fluent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.30% of users gave Aqua Metals an outperform vote while only 47.90% of users gave Fluent an outperform vote.
Aqua Metals presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 554.88%. Fluent has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 196.30%. Given Aqua Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aqua Metals is more favorable than Fluent.
In the previous week, Fluent had 10 more articles in the media than Aqua Metals. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Fluent and 1 mentions for Aqua Metals. Fluent's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Aqua Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that Fluent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aqua Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Fluent's net margin of -22.22%. Fluent's return on equity of -13.98% beat Aqua Metals' return on equity.
Aqua Metals has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluent has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.
22.0% of Aqua Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Fluent shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Aqua Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% of Fluent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Aqua Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fluent. Aqua Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fluent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Aqua Metals and Fluent tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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