Contrasting American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT) and Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP)

American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT) and Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares American Battery Technology and Compass Minerals International’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Battery Technology	N/A	N/A	-$9.29 million	N/A	N/A
Compass Minerals International	$1.19 billion	0.46	$15.50 million	($1.46)	-9.13

Compass Minerals International has higher revenue and earnings than American Battery Technology.

Profitability

This table compares American Battery Technology and Compass Minerals International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Battery Technology	N/A	-36.74%	-29.04%
Compass Minerals International	-4.97%	4.56%	1.28%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for American Battery Technology and Compass Minerals International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Battery Technology	0	0	1	0	3.00
Compass Minerals International	0	4	1	0	2.20

American Battery Technology currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 319.58%. Compass Minerals International has a consensus price target of $34.40, suggesting a potential upside of 158.06%. Given American Battery Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Battery Technology is more favorable than Compass Minerals International.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

9.9% of American Battery Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of American Battery Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Compass Minerals International 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

Compass Minerals International beats American Battery Technology on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About American Battery Technology

American Battery Technology Company operates as a battery materials company. The company explores for resources of battery metals, such as such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and develops and commercializes technologies for the extraction of battery metals, as well as commercializes integrated process for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The company was formerly known as American Battery Metals Corporation. American Battery Technology Company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.

About Compass Minerals International

Compass Minerals International, Inc., provides essential minerals in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Salt and Plant Nutrition. The Salt segment produces, markets, and sells sodium chloride and magnesium chloride, including rock salt, mechanically and solar evaporated salt, and brine and flake magnesium chloride products; and purchases potassium chloride and calcium chloride to sell as finished products or to blend with sodium chloride to produce specialty products. This segment provides products for use as a deicer for roadways, consumer, and professional use; as an ingredient in chemical production; for water treatment, human, and animal nutrition; and for various other consumer and industrial uses, as well as records management services. The Plant Nutrition segment produces sulfate of potash specialty fertilizers in various grades that are used in broadcast spreaders, direct application, and liquid fertilizer solutions under the Protassium+ brand name; turf products used by the turf and ornamental markets, as well as for blends used on golf course greens; organic products; and develops and produces a portfolio of magnesium chloride-based aerial and ground fire retardant products. This segment provides its products to distributors and retailers of crop inputs, as well as growers. The company was formerly known as Salt Holdings Corporation and changed its name to Compass Minerals International, Inc. in December 2003. Compass Minerals International, Inc. was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.