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$2.86 +0.03 (+1.06%)
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VGAS vs. VHI, LXFR, ADUR, ARQ, AMTX, LNZA, ORGN, LODE, ZTEK, and TSE

Should you be buying Verde Clean Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verde Clean Fuels include Valhi (VHI), Luxfer (LXFR), Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR), ARQ (ARQ), Aemetis (AMTX), LanzaTech Global (LNZA), Origin Materials (ORGN), Comstock (LODE), Zentek (ZTEK), and Trinseo (TSE). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Verde Clean Fuels vs. Its Competitors

Valhi (NYSE:VHI) and Verde Clean Fuels (NASDAQ:VGAS) are both small-cap chemicals companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

3.8% of Valhi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Verde Clean Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Valhi shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Verde Clean Fuels 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.

In the previous week, Verde Clean Fuels had 1 more articles in the media than Valhi. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Verde Clean Fuels and 0 mentions for Valhi. Valhi's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Verde Clean Fuels' score of 0.00 indicating that Valhi is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Valhi Positive
Verde Clean Fuels Neutral

Valhi has higher revenue and earnings than Verde Clean Fuels. Verde Clean Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valhi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Valhi$2.10B0.21$108M$4.103.86
Verde Clean FuelsN/AN/A-$3.33M-$0.48-5.96

Valhi has a net margin of 5.54% compared to Verde Clean Fuels' net margin of 0.00%. Valhi's return on equity of 8.60% beat Verde Clean Fuels' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Valhi5.54% 8.60% 4.31%
Verde Clean Fuels N/A -11.28%-10.26%

Valhi currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 24.22%. Given Valhi's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Valhi is more favorable than Verde Clean Fuels.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Valhi
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Verde Clean Fuels
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Valhi has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verde Clean Fuels has a beta of -0.47, meaning that its stock price is 147% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Valhi beats Verde Clean Fuels on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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VGAS vs. The Competition

MetricVerde Clean FuelsOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$126.07M$10.33B$7.79B$9.53B
Dividend YieldN/A4.58%10.96%4.14%
P/E Ratio-5.9662.0275.1823.88
Price / SalesN/A56.8522,731.8298.82
Price / CashN/A20.8535.8358.35
Price / Book4.405.033.985.60
Net Income-$3.33M$274.52M$4.26B$265.26M
7 Day Performance-1.04%0.05%-0.52%-0.14%
1 Month Performance-19.44%0.85%0.98%6.08%
1 Year Performance-31.08%61.33%19.08%24.22%

Verde Clean Fuels Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VGAS
Verde Clean Fuels
N/A$2.86
+1.1%
N/A-31.4%$126.07MN/A-5.962News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
VHI
Valhi
1.3932 of 5 stars
$16.77
-5.0%
$12.00
-28.4%
-12.9%$499.69M$2.10B4.092,524Upcoming Earnings
LXFR
Luxfer
3.6865 of 5 stars
$12.34
+1.4%
N/A+6.3%$331.47M$399.50M15.821,450Gap Up
ADUR
Aduro Clean Technologies
N/A$11.48
+7.8%
$48.00
+318.1%
N/A$326.22M$250K-45.92N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
ARQ
ARQ
2.6006 of 5 stars
$5.52
-3.7%
$9.33
+69.1%
-1.6%$241.87M$108.96M-110.40140Upcoming Earnings
AMTX
Aemetis
2.3242 of 5 stars
$2.84
-12.9%
$13.63
+379.8%
+5.9%$180.50M$267.64M-1.52160Upcoming Earnings
LNZA
LanzaTech Global
1.6844 of 5 stars
$0.41
-15.9%
$2.00
+386.6%
-72.2%$113.34M$49.59M-0.613Gap Up
ORGN
Origin Materials
1.6252 of 5 stars
$0.78
+6.4%
$1.50
+93.1%
+10.5%$109.47M$31.28M-1.16160News Coverage
Gap Up
LODE
Comstock
1.7977 of 5 stars
$3.33
-3.5%
$19.00
+470.6%
+149.6%$107.95M$3.38M-27.7530
ZTEK
Zentek
0.259 of 5 stars
$0.93
-4.1%
N/A-8.0%$101.43M$1.22M-15.4824Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
TSE
Trinseo
0.5021 of 5 stars
$2.79
-1.6%
N/A+8.4%$100.89M$3.51B-0.282,950

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This page (NASDAQ:VGAS) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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