Contrasting CN Energy Group. (NASDAQ:CNEY) & Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK)

CN Energy Group. (NASDAQ:CNEY) and Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability and risk.

Volatility and Risk

CN Energy Group. has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montauk Renewables has a beta of 0.05, indicating that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for CN Energy Group. and Montauk Renewables, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CN Energy Group.	1	0	0	0	1.00
Montauk Renewables	1	3	0	0	1.75

Montauk Renewables has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 243.35%. Given Montauk Renewables’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Montauk Renewables is more favorable than CN Energy Group..

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CN Energy Group. and Montauk Renewables”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CN Energy Group.	$35.57 million	0.07	-$11.14 million	N/A	N/A
Montauk Renewables	$176.38 million	0.94	$1.75 million	$0.02	58.25

Montauk Renewables has higher revenue and earnings than CN Energy Group..

Profitability

This table compares CN Energy Group. and Montauk Renewables’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CN Energy Group.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Montauk Renewables	0.15%	0.10%	0.07%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

7.6% of CN Energy Group. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.4% of Montauk Renewables shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.7% of Montauk Renewables shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Montauk Renewables beats CN Energy Group. on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CN Energy Group.

CN Energy Group. Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and supply of wood-based activated carbon primarily in China. The company’s activated carbon is used in pharmaceutical manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, water purification, environmental protection, and food and beverage production. It also engages in the generation and supply of biomass electricity; production of steam for heating; sale of minerals, stone, metal materials, construction materials, wood, chemical materials and products, rubber products, and paper products; management and conversion of forest and natural ecosystem; and forest acquisition, rights transfer, and nurturing, and timber harvesting and processing activities. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Lishui, China.

About Montauk Renewables

Montauk Renewables, Inc., a renewable energy company, engages in recovery and processing of biogas from landfills and other non-fossil fuel sources. It operates in two segments, Renewable Natural Gas and Renewable Electricity Generation. The company develops, owns, and operates renewable natural gas (RNG) projects that captures methane and prevents it from being released into the atmosphere by converting it into either RNG or electrical power for the electrical grid. Its customers for RNG and renewable identification numbers (RIN) include large, long-term owner-operators of landfills and livestock farms, local utilities, and large refiners in the natural gas and refining sectors. Montauk Renewables, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.