Codexis (CDXS) Competitors

FutureFuel (NYSE:FF) and Codexis (NASDAQ:CDXS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FF or CDXS?

Codexis received 110 more outperform votes than FutureFuel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.57% of users gave FutureFuel an outperform vote while only 61.40% of users gave Codexis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FutureFuel	Outperform Votes 240 68.57%	Underperform Votes 110 31.43%
Codexis	Outperform Votes 350 61.40%	Underperform Votes 220 38.60%

Do analysts recommend FF or CDXS?

FutureFuel currently has a consensus price target of $0.80, suggesting a potential downside of 84.42%. Codexis has a consensus price target of $8.33, suggesting a potential upside of 92.46%. Given Codexis' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Codexis is more favorable than FutureFuel.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FutureFuel	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Codexis	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is FF or CDXS more profitable?

FutureFuel has a net margin of 13.18% compared to Codexis' net margin of -96.35%. FutureFuel's return on equity of 15.32% beat Codexis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FutureFuel	13.18%	15.32%	11.55%
Codexis	-96.35%	-71.56%	-38.00%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FF or CDXS?

44.6% of FutureFuel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Codexis shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.1% of FutureFuel shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Codexis shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FF or CDXS?

FutureFuel has higher revenue and earnings than Codexis. Codexis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FutureFuel, 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
FutureFuel	$368.25M	0.61	$37.38M	$0.82	6.26
Codexis	$64.45M	5.47	-$76.24M	-$0.87	-4.98

Which has more risk & volatility, FF or CDXS?

FutureFuel has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Codexis has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FF or CDXS?

In the previous week, Codexis had 2 more articles in the media than FutureFuel. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Codexis and 5 mentions for FutureFuel. FutureFuel's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Codexis' score of 0.18 indicating that FutureFuel is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FutureFuel	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Codexis	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

FutureFuel beats Codexis on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.