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Aqua Metals (AQMS) Competitors

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$2.18 -0.07 (-3.11%)
(As of 12:14 PM ET)

AQMS vs. BWEN, APWC, OCC, INHD, SID, HWM, TS, MT, PKX, and GGB

Should you be buying Aqua Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aqua Metals include Broadwind (BWEN), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Optical Cable (OCC), Inno (INHD), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Tenaris (TS), ArcelorMittal (MT), POSCO (PKX), and Gerdau (GGB). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

Aqua Metals vs.

Broadwind (NASDAQ:BWEN) and Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Broadwind has higher revenue and earnings than Aqua Metals. Aqua Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadwind, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Broadwind$203.48M0.21$7.65M$0.1413.78
Aqua Metals$30K534.75-$23.94M-$4.76-0.47

Broadwind presently has a consensus target price of $5.17, suggesting a potential upside of 167.73%. Aqua Metals has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,233.33%. Given Aqua Metals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aqua Metals is more favorable than Broadwind.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Broadwind
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Aqua Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Broadwind has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aqua Metals has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Aqua Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Broadwind. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Aqua Metals and 2 mentions for Broadwind. Aqua Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Broadwind's score of 0.43 indicating that Aqua Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Broadwind Neutral
Aqua Metals Positive

33.3% of Broadwind shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.0% of Aqua Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Broadwind shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Aqua Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Aqua Metals received 53 more outperform votes than Broadwind when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave Aqua Metals an outperform vote while only 60.95% of users gave Broadwind an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BroadwindOutperform Votes
206
60.95%
Underperform Votes
132
39.05%
Aqua MetalsOutperform Votes
259
61.67%
Underperform Votes
161
38.33%

Broadwind has a net margin of 2.01% compared to Aqua Metals' net margin of 0.00%. Broadwind's return on equity of 5.39% beat Aqua Metals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Broadwind2.01% 5.39% 2.48%
Aqua Metals N/A -91.44%-68.32%

Summary

Broadwind beats Aqua Metals on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AQMS vs. The Competition

MetricAqua MetalsSecondary nonferrous metals IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.04M$908.56M$6.60B$8.97B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.96%4.04%
P/E Ratio-0.478.4333.3413.39
Price / Sales534.75271.05201.8586.49
Price / CashN/A3.9024.6035.09
Price / Book0.461.205.224.96
Net Income-$23.94M$55.68M$122.03M$224.10M
7 Day Performance-0.44%0.48%1.33%2.01%
1 Month Performance-18.24%-3.50%17.73%9.79%
1 Year Performance-87.02%-58.49%35.43%29.97%

Aqua Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AQMS
Aqua Metals
2.7721 of 5 stars
$2.18
-3.1%
$30.00
+1,276.1%
-87.0%$15.54M$30,000.00-0.4620Short Interest ↑
BWEN
Broadwind
3.9319 of 5 stars
$1.93
+2.1%
$5.17
+167.7%
-11.1%$42.68M$203.48M14.07490
APWC
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable
0.4219 of 5 stars
$1.79
-7.9%
N/A+37.2%$36.91M$425.77M0.001,210News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
OCC
Optical Cable
1.8971 of 5 stars
$2.27
-2.6%
N/A-19.6%$18.66M$72.17M-3.07327Positive News
High Trading Volume
INHD
Inno
N/A$5.55
+13.0%
N/AN/A$9.35M$693,570.000.0011Gap Up
SID
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
1.4814 of 5 stars
$1.85
-1.1%
$2.95
+59.5%
-46.3%$0.00$9.10B-61.6529,563
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.0347 of 5 stars
$118.41
+0.0%
$115.41
-2.5%
+122.5%$48.11B$6.64B45.1823,200Short Interest ↑
Positive News
TS
Tenaris
1.7484 of 5 stars
$38.54
+0.5%
$38.67
+0.3%
+10.4%$22.41B$14.87B8.3529,134
MT
ArcelorMittal
3.8387 of 5 stars
$25.48
+0.8%
$31.17
+22.3%
-0.2%$20.52B$68.28B-18.06126,756
PKX
POSCO
4.2033 of 5 stars
$50.00
-3.1%
N/A-46.5%$15.18B$59.08B18.1144,501Gap Down
GGB
Gerdau
4.4984 of 5 stars
$3.36
flat
$5.00
+48.8%
-10.5%$6.98B$64.92B7.2827,371Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:AQMS) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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