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.
Fluent (NASDAQ:FLNT) and Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
23.3% of Fluent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.0% of Aqua Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 21.0% of Fluent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Aqua Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aqua Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aqua Metals' net margin of -22.22%. Aqua Metals' return on equity of -13.98% beat Fluent's return on equity.
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 47.77% of users gave Fluent an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Fluent had 7 more articles in the media than Aqua Metals. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Fluent and 6 mentions for Aqua Metals. Fluent's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Aqua Metals' score of 0.55 indicating that Aqua Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aqua Metals has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Fluent currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 183.69%. Aqua Metals has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 565.19%. Given Fluent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aqua Metals is more favorable than Fluent.
Fluent has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aqua Metals has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Aqua Metals beats Fluent on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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