Comparing Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS) and Its Peers

Verde Clean Fuels (NASDAQ:VGAS) is one of 87 publicly-traded companies in the “Utilities – Renewable” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Verde Clean Fuels to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Verde Clean Fuels and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Verde Clean Fuels	N/A	-$2.74 million	-10.36
Verde Clean Fuels Competitors	$1.06 billion	$63.86 million	18.69

Verde Clean Fuels’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Verde Clean Fuels. Verde Clean Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Verde Clean Fuels and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Verde Clean Fuels	0	0	0	0	N/A
Verde Clean Fuels Competitors	134	850	1100	78	2.52

As a group, “Utilities – Renewable” companies have a potential upside of 81.63%. Given Verde Clean Fuels’ competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Verde Clean Fuels has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

Verde Clean Fuels has a beta of -0.48, indicating that its stock price is 148% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verde Clean Fuels’ competitors have a beta of 0.59, indicating that their average stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Verde Clean Fuels and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Verde Clean Fuels	N/A	-8.59%	-7.17%
Verde Clean Fuels Competitors	-9.28%	-4.03%	0.57%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

15.6% of Verde Clean Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of shares of all “Utilities – Renewable” companies are held by institutional investors. 30.7% of shares of all “Utilities – Renewable” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Verde Clean Fuels competitors beat Verde Clean Fuels on 9 of the 10 factors compared.

Verde Clean Fuels Company Profile

Verde Clean Fuels, Inc., operates as a clean energy technology company in the United States. It specializes in the conversion of synthesis gas, or syngas, derived from feedstocks, such as biomass, natural gas, and other feedstocks into liquid hydrocarbons that can be used as gasoline through proprietary liquid fuels technology. Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.