Head to Head Comparison: Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS) and Its Competitors

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Verde Clean Fuels and its rivals, as provided 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	409	955	1428	61	2.40

As a group, “Industrial organic chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 13.20%. Given Verde Clean Fuels’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Verde Clean Fuels has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider 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. 15.5% of shares of all “Industrial organic chemicals” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Verde Clean Fuels and its rivals’ 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	5.52%	-361.10%	-1.56%

Volatility and Risk

Verde Clean Fuels has a beta of -0.48, indicating that its stock price is 148% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verde Clean Fuels’ rivals have a beta of -92.42, indicating that their average stock price is 9,342% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Verde Clean Fuels and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Verde Clean Fuels	N/A	-$2.74 million	-10.36
Verde Clean Fuels Competitors	$4.07 billion	$14.67 million	5.60

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

Summary

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

About Verde Clean Fuels

Verde Clean Fuels, Inc., a renewable energy company in the United States. It specializes in the conversion of synthesis gas, or syngas, derived from feedstocks, such as biomass, municipal solid waste, and mixed plastics, as well as natural gas, including synthetic natural gas and other feedstocks, into gasoline through proprietary liquid fuels technology. Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.