VGAS vs. OEC, ASPI, VHI, LXFR, ARQ, ADUR, AMTX, 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 Orion (OEC), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Valhi (VHI), Luxfer (LXFR), ARQ (ARQ), Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR), Aemetis (AMTX), Comstock (LODE), Zentek (ZTEK), and Trinseo (TSE). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Verde Clean Fuels vs. Its Competitors
Orion (NYSE:OEC) and Verde Clean Fuels (NASDAQ:VGAS) are both small-cap chemicals companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Orion has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verde Clean Fuels has a beta of -0.45, indicating that its stock price is 145% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Orion has higher revenue and earnings than Verde Clean Fuels. Verde Clean Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Orion had 1 more articles in the media than Verde Clean Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Orion and 2 mentions for Verde Clean Fuels. Verde Clean Fuels' average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Orion's score of -0.27 indicating that Verde Clean Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Orion has a net margin of 1.44% compared to Verde Clean Fuels' net margin of 0.00%. Orion's return on equity of 17.66% beat Verde Clean Fuels' return on equity.
94.3% of Orion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Verde Clean Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Orion 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Orion currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.86%. Given Orion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Orion is more favorable than Verde Clean Fuels.
Summary
Orion beats Verde Clean Fuels on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:VGAS) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
