VGAS vs. ORGN, AMTX, GEVO, FF, PROP, TUSK, DTI, PHX, MAXN, and PNRG
Should you be buying Verde Clean Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verde Clean Fuels include Origin Materials (ORGN), Aemetis (AMTX), Gevo (GEVO), FutureFuel (FF), Prairie Operating (PROP), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Drilling Tools International (DTI), PHX Minerals (PHX), Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN), and PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Origin Materials (NASDAQ:ORGN) and Verde Clean Fuels (NASDAQ:VGAS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Origin Materials had 4 more articles in the media than Verde Clean Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Origin Materials and 2 mentions for Verde Clean Fuels. Origin Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Verde Clean Fuels' score of 0.28 indicating that Verde Clean Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Origin Materials presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 399.63%. Given Verde Clean Fuels' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Origin Materials is more favorable than Verde Clean Fuels.
Origin Materials received 57 more outperform votes than Verde Clean Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users.
Origin Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Verde Clean Fuels. Verde Clean Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Origin Materials has a net margin of 82.62% compared to Origin Materials' net margin of 0.00%. Origin Materials' return on equity of -8.59% beat Verde Clean Fuels' return on equity.
Origin Materials has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verde Clean Fuels has a beta of -0.59, meaning that its share price is 159% less volatile than the S&P 500.
29.9% of Origin Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Verde Clean Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Origin Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Origin Materials beats Verde Clean Fuels on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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