LanzaTech Global (LNZA) and Its Peers Head-To-Head Survey

LanzaTech Global (NASDAQ:LNZA) is one of 44 public companies in the “Industrial organic chemicals” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare LanzaTech Global to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares LanzaTech Global and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LanzaTech Global	-214.11%	-95.22%	-51.16%
LanzaTech Global Competitors	6.02%	-360.85%	-1.43%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.8% of LanzaTech Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of shares of all “Industrial organic chemicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of shares of all “Industrial organic chemicals” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for LanzaTech Global and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LanzaTech Global	0	0	3	0	3.00
LanzaTech Global Competitors	405	948	1419	61	2.40

LanzaTech Global currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 158.48%. As a group, “Industrial organic chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 5.42%. Given LanzaTech Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe LanzaTech Global is more favorable than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

LanzaTech Global has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LanzaTech Global’s peers have a beta of -89.83, suggesting that their average share price is 9,083% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares LanzaTech Global and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
LanzaTech Global	$62.63 million	-$134.10 million	-3.29
LanzaTech Global Competitors	$4.07 billion	$13.64 million	6.41

LanzaTech Global’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than LanzaTech Global. LanzaTech Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

LanzaTech Global peers beat LanzaTech Global on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

LanzaTech Global Company Profile

LanzaTech Global, Inc. operates as a nature-based carbon refining company in the United States and internationally. The company transforms waste carbon into the chemical building blocks for consumer goods, such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, and packaging. It is also developing biocatalysts and processes to produce a suite of additional products utilizing novel biocatalysts, including acetone and isopropanol (IPA) and industrial solvents used in various applications, including production of polymers from IPA. LanzaTech Global, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Skokie, Illinois.