Head-To-Head Review: Expand Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) and Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX)

Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) and Expand Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Aemetis and Expand Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aemetis	$197.63 million	0.42	-$77.00 million	($0.91)	-1.26
Expand Energy	$12.12 billion	1.71	$1.82 billion	$11.54	7.79

Expand Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Aemetis. Aemetis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expand Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Aemetis and Expand Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aemetis	-27.37%	N/A	-26.60%
Expand Energy	19.78%	10.69%	7.13%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Aemetis and Expand Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aemetis	1	0	1	0	2.00
Expand Energy	0	5	15	3	2.91

Aemetis presently has a consensus price target of $11.88, indicating a potential upside of 932.61%. Expand Energy has a consensus price target of $123.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.77%. Given Aemetis’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aemetis is more favorable than Expand Energy.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

27.0% of Aemetis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Expand Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Aemetis shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Expand Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Aemetis has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expand Energy has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Expand Energy beats Aemetis on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aemetis

Aemetis, Inc. operates as a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company. It operates through three segments: California Ethanol, California Dairy Renewable Natural Gas, and India Biodiesel. The company focuses on the operation, acquisition, development, and commercialization of technologies to produce low and negative carbon intensity renewable fuels that replace fossil-based products. In addition, it produces and sells ethanol; and wet distillers grains, distillers corn oil, and condensed distillers solubles to dairies and feedlots as animal feed. Further, the company markets and supplies USP alcohol and hand sanitizer; and produces renewable natural gas, as well as distilled biodiesel from various vegetable oil and animal waste feedstocks. Additionally, it researches and develops conversion technologies using waste feedstocks to produce biofuels and biochemicals. Furthermore, it sells biodiesel primarily to government oil marketing companies. Aemetis, Inc. is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

About Expand Energy

Expand Energy Corporation is an independent natural gas producer principally in the United States. Expand Energy Corporation, formerly known as Chesapeake Energy Corporation, is based in OKLAHOMA CITY.