Head to Head Review: Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS) vs. Its Rivals

Verde Clean Fuels (NASDAQ:VGAS) is one of 44 publicly-traded companies in the “Industrial organic chemicals” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Verde Clean Fuels to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

15.6% of Verde Clean Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of shares of all “Industrial organic chemicals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of shares of all “Industrial organic chemicals” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Verde Clean Fuels has a beta of -0.48, suggesting that its share price is 148% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verde Clean Fuels’ competitors have a beta of -92.43, suggesting that their average share price is 9,343% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Verde Clean Fuels and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Verde Clean Fuels	0	0	0	0	N/A
Verde Clean Fuels Competitors	412	957	1432	61	2.40

As a group, “Industrial organic chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 15.50%. Given Verde Clean Fuels’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Verde Clean Fuels has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Verde Clean Fuels and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Verde Clean Fuels	N/A	-$2.74 million	-9.64
Verde Clean Fuels Competitors	$3.94 billion	$14.19 million	5.68

Verde Clean Fuels’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Verde Clean Fuels. Verde Clean Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Verde Clean Fuels and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Verde Clean Fuels	N/A	-8.59%	-7.17%
Verde Clean Fuels Competitors	5.48%	-361.40%	-1.57%

Summary

Verde Clean Fuels competitors beat Verde Clean Fuels on 8 of the 10 factors compared.

Verde Clean Fuels Company Profile

Verde Clean Fuels, Inc., operates as a clean energy technology company in the United States. It specializes in the conversion of synthesis gas, or syngas, derived from feedstocks, such as biomass, natural gas, and other feedstocks into liquid hydrocarbons that can be used as gasoline through proprietary liquid fuels technology. Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.