Aemetis (AMTX) Competitors

ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI) and Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ASPI or AMTX?

16.8% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Aemetis shares are held by institutional investors. 21.4% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Aemetis shares are held 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, ASPI or AMTX?

ASP Isotopes has a beta of 3.27, indicating that its stock price is 227% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aemetis has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ASPI or AMTX?

ASP Isotopes presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.98%. Aemetis has a consensus target price of $12.95, indicating a potential upside of 394.27%. Given Aemetis' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aemetis is more favorable than ASP Isotopes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ASP Isotopes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Aemetis	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media favor ASPI or AMTX?

In the previous week, ASP Isotopes had 33 more articles in the media than Aemetis. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for ASP Isotopes and 2 mentions for Aemetis. ASP Isotopes' average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Aemetis' score of -0.47 indicating that ASP Isotopes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ASP Isotopes	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	25 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Aemetis	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, ASPI or AMTX?

ASP Isotopes has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aemetis. ASP Isotopes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aemetis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ASP Isotopes	$3.38M	103.18	-$16.29M	-$0.61	-8.02
Aemetis	$291.40M	0.45	-$46.42M	-$2.26	-1.16

Is ASPI or AMTX more profitable?

Aemetis has a net margin of -33.21% compared to ASP Isotopes' net margin of -807.39%. Aemetis' return on equity of 0.00% beat ASP Isotopes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ASP Isotopes	-807.39%	-123.83%	-51.58%
Aemetis	-33.21%	N/A	-40.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASPI or AMTX?

Aemetis received 171 more outperform votes than ASP Isotopes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ASP Isotopes an outperform vote while only 60.14% of users gave Aemetis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ASP Isotopes	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Aemetis	Outperform Votes 178 60.14%	Underperform Votes 118 39.86%

Summary

ASP Isotopes and Aemetis tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.