Aqua Metals (AQMS) Competitors $1.56 -0.02 (-1.27%) Closing price 04/17/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended 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. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock AQMS vs. BWEN, APWC, INHD, OCC, HWM, MT, TS, PKX, TX, and GGBShould 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 Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Inno Optical Cable Howmet Aerospace ArcelorMittal Tenaris POSCO Ternium Gerdau 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. Which has higher earnings & valuation, BWEN or AQMS? 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 RatioBroadwind$143.14M0.26$7.65M$0.0533.60Aqua Metals$30K431.13-$23.94M-$3.82-0.41 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BWEN or AQMS? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBroadwindOutperform Votes20861.00% Underperform Votes13339.00% Aqua MetalsOutperform Votes26061.76% Underperform Votes16138.24% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BWEN or AQMS? 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. Is BWEN or AQMS more profitable? 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% Does the media prefer BWEN or AQMS? 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 Do analysts rate BWEN or AQMS? 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) 3.00Aqua Metals 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has more risk & volatility, BWEN or AQMS? 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. SummaryBroadwind 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. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?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 ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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 Export to ExcelMetricAqua MetalsSecondary nonferrous metals IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$12.93M$622.54M$6.97B$7.35BDividend YieldN/AN/A2.69%4.30%P/E Ratio-0.3326.8329.4217.81Price / Sales431.13215.65163.3797.70Price / CashN/A3.3531.6134.64Price / Book0.320.844.543.98Net Income-$23.94M$55.68M$195.94M$247.81M1 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AQMSAqua Metals2.1086 of 5 stars$1.56-1.3%$21.50+1,278.2%-84.4%$12.93M$30,000.00-0.3320BWENBroadwind3.6077 of 5 stars$1.61+1.6%$4.13+156.8%-26.0%$35.85M$143.14M11.47490APWCAsia Pacific Wire & Cable0.9776 of 5 stars$1.48+1.3%N/A+17.9%$30.49M$468.13M0.001,190Analyst ForecastNews CoverageGap UpINHDInno0.0658 of 5 stars$5.45+0.9%N/A+6.1%$24.04M$916,878.000.0011News CoverageOCCOptical Cable1.1469 of 5 stars$2.60+1.6%N/A+4.0%$21.32M$67.56M-4.81340Short Interest ↓Positive NewsHWMHowmet Aerospace3.8006 of 5 stars$115.74+3.0%$123.28+6.5%+94.0%$46.88B$7.43B41.0421,400Analyst ForecastPositive NewsMTArcelorMittal3.9923 of 5 stars$24.33-1.7%$32.43+33.3%+8.3%$19.93B$62.44B14.75157,900TSTenaris3.539 of 5 stars$32.18-3.0%$46.00+42.9%-11.0%$18.71B$12.52B8.9229,134Analyst ForecastNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumePKXPOSCO1.6122 of 5 stars$43.98-1.0%N/A-36.1%$13.35B$72.69T20.1718,200Upcoming EarningsGap DownHigh Trading VolumeTXTernium3.8214 of 5 stars$26.48-6.1%$37.00+39.7%-36.2%$5.20B$17.65B-94.5720,100GGBGerdau3.4808 of 5 stars$2.46-4.5%$5.00+103.7%-14.8%$5.10B$67.03B5.7130,000News CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Broadwind Alternatives Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Alternatives Inno Alternatives Optical Cable Alternatives Howmet Aerospace Alternatives ArcelorMittal Alternatives Tenaris Alternatives POSCO Alternatives Ternium Alternatives Gerdau Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:AQMS) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | Sponsored[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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