BLGO vs. LOOP, GURE, FMSTW, ORGNW, FSTR, ASPI, PLL, LZM, DC, and AVD
Should you be buying BioLargo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BioLargo include Loop Industries (LOOP), Gulf Resources (GURE), Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (FMSTW), Origin Materials (ORGNW), L.B. Foster (FSTR), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Lifezone Metals (LZM), Dakota Gold (DC), and American Vanguard (AVD).
Loop Industries (NASDAQ:LOOP) and BioLargo (NASDAQ:BLGO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
BioLargo has a net margin of 0.00% compared to BioLargo's net margin of -13,859.87%. Loop Industries' return on equity of 0.00% beat BioLargo's return on equity.
Loop Industries presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 183.02%. Given BioLargo's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Loop Industries is more favorable than BioLargo.
4.9% of Loop Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of BioLargo shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.8% of Loop Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of BioLargo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BioLargo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Loop Industries. BioLargo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loop Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Loop Industries received 12 more outperform votes than BioLargo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.85% of users gave Loop Industries an outperform vote while only 60.99% of users gave BioLargo an outperform vote.
Loop Industries has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BioLargo has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Loop Industries had 9 more articles in the media than BioLargo. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Loop Industries and 0 mentions for BioLargo. BioLargo's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Loop Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Loop Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Loop Industries beats BioLargo on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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