Free Trial

Aqua Metals (AQMS) Competitors

Aqua Metals logo
$1.56 -0.02 (-1.27%)
Closing price 04/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$1.58 +0.02 (+1.60%)
As of 04/17/2025 05:18 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

AQMS vs. BWEN, APWC, INHD, OCC, HWM, MT, TS, PKX, TX, 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), Inno (INHD), Optical Cable (OCC), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), ArcelorMittal (MT), Tenaris (TS), POSCO (PKX), Ternium (TX), 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 industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership 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$143.14M0.26$7.65M$0.0533.60
Aqua Metals$30K431.13-$23.94M-$3.82-0.41

Aqua Metals received 52 more outperform votes than Broadwind when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.76% of users gave Aqua Metals an outperform vote while only 61.00% of users gave Broadwind an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BroadwindOutperform Votes
208
61.00%
Underperform Votes
133
39.00%
Aqua MetalsOutperform Votes
260
61.76%
Underperform Votes
161
38.24%

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

In the previous week, Aqua Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Broadwind. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Aqua Metals and 0 mentions for Broadwind. Aqua Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Broadwind's score of 0.00 indicating that Aqua Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Broadwind Neutral
Aqua Metals Neutral

Broadwind presently has a consensus price target of $4.13, indicating a potential upside of 145.54%. Aqua Metals has a consensus price target of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 1,278.21%. Given Aqua Metals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aqua Metals has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

Get Aqua Metals News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AQMS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

AQMS vs. The Competition

MetricAqua MetalsSecondary nonferrous metals IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$12.93M$622.54M$6.97B$7.35B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.69%4.30%
P/E Ratio-0.3326.8329.4217.81
Price / Sales431.13215.65163.3797.70
Price / CashN/A3.3531.6134.64
Price / Book0.320.844.543.98
Net Income-$23.94M$55.68M$195.94M$247.81M
1 Month Performance-22.39%-25.41%-9.48%-7.94%
1 Year Performance-84.08%-71.32%4.62%1.52%

Aqua Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AQMS
Aqua Metals
2.1086 of 5 stars
$1.56
-1.3%
$21.50
+1,278.2%
-84.4%$12.93M$30,000.00-0.3320
BWEN
Broadwind
3.6077 of 5 stars
$1.61
+1.6%
$4.13
+156.8%
-26.0%$35.85M$143.14M11.47490
APWC
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable
0.9776 of 5 stars
$1.48
+1.3%
N/A+17.9%$30.49M$468.13M0.001,190Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
INHD
Inno
0.0658 of 5 stars
$5.45
+0.9%
N/A+6.1%$24.04M$916,878.000.0011News Coverage
OCC
Optical Cable
1.1469 of 5 stars
$2.60
+1.6%
N/A+4.0%$21.32M$67.56M-4.81340Short Interest ↓
Positive News
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
3.8006 of 5 stars
$115.74
+3.0%
$123.28
+6.5%
+94.0%$46.88B$7.43B41.0421,400Analyst Forecast
Positive News
MT
ArcelorMittal
3.9923 of 5 stars
$24.33
-1.7%
$32.43
+33.3%
+8.3%$19.93B$62.44B14.75157,900
TS
Tenaris
3.539 of 5 stars
$32.18
-3.0%
$46.00
+42.9%
-11.0%$18.71B$12.52B8.9229,134Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PKX
POSCO
1.6122 of 5 stars
$43.98
-1.0%
N/A-36.1%$13.35B$72.69T20.1718,200Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
TX
Ternium
3.8214 of 5 stars
$26.48
-6.1%
$37.00
+39.7%
-36.2%$5.20B$17.65B-94.5720,100
GGB
Gerdau
3.4808 of 5 stars
$2.46
-4.5%
$5.00
+103.7%
-14.8%$5.10B$67.03B5.7130,000News Coverage
Positive News

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:AQMS) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners