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AQMS vs. BWEN, APWC, OCC, INHD, 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), Optical Cable (OCC), Inno (INHD), 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Broadwind presently has a consensus target price of $4.13, indicating a potential upside of 178.72%. Aqua Metals has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,370.59%. Given Aqua Metals' higher probable 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

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 is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Broadwind has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aqua Metals has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$143.14M0.23$7.65M$0.0529.60
Aqua Metals$30K484.98-$23.94M-$4.76-0.43

In the previous week, Aqua Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Broadwind. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aqua Metals and 1 mentions for Broadwind. Aqua Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Broadwind's score of 0.72 indicating that Aqua Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Broadwind Positive
Aqua Metals Positive

Aqua Metals received 51 more outperform votes than Broadwind when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% 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
259
61.67%
Underperform Votes
161
38.33%

Summary

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

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AQMS vs. The Competition

MetricAqua MetalsSecondary nonferrous metals IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14.55M$742.49M$7.15B$7.82B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.53%4.00%
P/E Ratio-0.4332.0229.9618.66
Price / Sales484.98242.59153.1191.28
Price / CashN/A3.3531.5134.64
Price / Book0.421.024.774.23
Net Income-$23.94M$55.68M$195.43M$247.15M
7 Day Performance-4.23%-6.74%-1.54%-2.16%
1 Month Performance3.55%-3.00%-4.97%-5.65%
1 Year Performance-81.04%-67.25%3.20%-0.66%

Aqua Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AQMS
Aqua Metals
2.4259 of 5 stars
$2.04
-2.9%
$30.00
+1,370.6%
-79.9%$14.55M$30,000.00-0.4320Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
BWEN
Broadwind
3.6596 of 5 stars
$1.45
-2.0%
$4.13
+184.5%
-36.4%$32.36M$143.14M10.36490
APWC
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable
0.4234 of 5 stars
$1.57
+0.3%
N/A+19.0%$32.29M$468.13M0.001,210Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
OCC
Optical Cable
1.3527 of 5 stars
$3.24
-2.2%
N/A+10.8%$26.53M$67.56M-5.99340Positive News
INHD
Inno
0.6297 of 5 stars
$4.41
-7.4%
N/A-33.9%$19.45M$916,878.000.0011Gap Up
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
3.7565 of 5 stars
$130.06
+2.8%
$123.28
-5.2%
+94.8%$52.66B$7.43B46.1123,200Positive News
MT
ArcelorMittal
4.1974 of 5 stars
$32.08
-0.4%
$31.17
-2.8%
+6.9%$26.26B$62.44B19.43157,900Analyst Downgrade
TS
Tenaris
3.8506 of 5 stars
$38.78
+0.8%
$46.00
+18.6%
-0.3%$22.56B$12.52B10.7529,134
PKX
POSCO
2.752 of 5 stars
$53.20
+1.7%
N/A-36.6%$16.13B$72.69T24.3944,501Short Interest ↓
TX
Ternium
3.9299 of 5 stars
$33.14
+0.6%
$42.33
+27.7%
-24.3%$6.49B$17.65B-118.0834,458Short Interest ↑
GGB
Gerdau
3.9851 of 5 stars
$3.04
+3.2%
$5.00
+64.7%
-18.2%$6.31B$67.03B7.0630,000Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:AQMS) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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