Head-To-Head Survey: Aemetis (AMTX) versus Its Competitors

Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) is one of 1,051 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Aemetis to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

27.0% of Aemetis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Aemetis shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Aemetis and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aemetis	$197.63 million	-$77.00 million	-1.78
Aemetis Competitors	$10.86 billion	$5.51 billion	-0.83

Aemetis’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Aemetis. Aemetis 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 Aemetis and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aemetis	1	0	1	0	2.00
Aemetis Competitors	5981	26987	40848	2421	2.52

Aemetis presently has a consensus price target of $11.88, suggesting a potential upside of 633.02%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 28.93%. Given Aemetis’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aemetis is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Aemetis and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aemetis	-27.37%	N/A	-26.60%
Aemetis Competitors	-457.98%	19.26%	6.33%

Volatility and Risk

Aemetis has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aemetis’ competitors have a beta of -3.76, suggesting that their average stock price is 476% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Aemetis competitors beat Aemetis on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Aemetis Company Profile

Aemetis, Inc. operates as a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company. It operates through three segments: California Ethanol, California Dairy Renewable Natural Gas, and India Biodiesel. The company focuses on the operation, acquisition, development, and commercialization of technologies to produce low and negative carbon intensity renewable fuels that replace fossil-based products. In addition, it produces and sells ethanol; and wet distillers grains, distillers corn oil, and condensed distillers solubles to dairies and feedlots as animal feed. Further, the company markets and supplies USP alcohol and hand sanitizer; and produces renewable natural gas, as well as distilled biodiesel from various vegetable oil and animal waste feedstocks. Additionally, it researches and develops conversion technologies using waste feedstocks to produce biofuels and biochemicals. Furthermore, it sells biodiesel primarily to government oil marketing companies. Aemetis, Inc. is headquartered in Cupertino, California.