Advent Technologies (NASDAQ:ADN – Get Free Report) and Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Advent Technologies and Emerson Electric”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Advent Technologies | $3.28 million | 3.49 | -$40.99 million | ($26.97) | -0.12 |
| Emerson Electric | $17.49 billion | 4.16 | $1.97 billion | $4.65 | 27.81 |
Profitability
This table compares Advent Technologies and Emerson Electric’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Advent Technologies | N/A | N/A | -239.12% |
| Emerson Electric | 14.92% | 14.34% | 7.79% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Advent Technologies and Emerson Electric, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Advent Technologies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Emerson Electric | 1 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2.70 |
Emerson Electric has a consensus price target of $148.28, indicating a potential upside of 14.64%. Given Emerson Electric’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Emerson Electric is more favorable than Advent Technologies.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
17.5% of Advent Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Emerson Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Advent Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Emerson Electric shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
Advent Technologies has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emerson Electric has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Emerson Electric beats Advent Technologies on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Advent Technologies
Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc., an advanced materials and technology development company, operates in the fuel cell and hydrogen technology markets in North America, Europe, and Asia. It develops, manufactures, and assembles fuel cell systems and critical components that determine the performance of hydrogen fuel cells and other energy systems. The company offers high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells, including membrane electrode assemblies, bipolar plates, and reformers, as well as provides fuel-cell stack assembly and testing services. It serves stationary power, portable power, automotive, aviation, energy storage, and sensor markets. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
About Emerson Electric
Emerson Electric Co., a technology and software company, provides various solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. It operates in six segments: Final Control, Control Systems & Software, Measurement & Analytical, AspenTech, Discrete Automation, and Safety & Productivity. The Final Control segment provides control, isolation, shutoff, pressure relief, and pressure safety valves, actuators, and regulators for process and hybrid industries. The Measurement & Analytical segment offers intelligent instrumentation measuring the physical properties of liquids or gases, such as pressure, temperature, level, flow, acoustics, corrosion, pH, conductivity, water quality, toxic gases, and flame. The Discrete Automation segment offers solenoid and pneumatic valves, valve position indicators, pneumatic cylinders, air preparation equipment, pressure and temperature switches, electric linear motion solutions, programmable automation control systems, electrical distribution equipment, and materials joining solutions. The Safety & Productivity segment offers tools for professionals and homeowners; pipe-working tools, including pipe wrenches, pipe cutters, pipe threading and roll grooving equipment, battery hydraulic tools; electrical tools; and other professional tools. The Control Systems & Software segment provides distributed control systems, safety instrumented systems, SCADA systems, application software, digital twins, asset performance management, and cybersecurity. The Test & Measurement provides software-connected automated test and measurement systems. The AspenTech segment provides asset optimization software that enables industrial manufacturers to design, operate, and maintain operations for enhancing performance through a combination of decades of modeling, simulation, and optimization capabilities. The company was incorporated in 1890 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
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