LanzaTech Global (NASDAQ:LNZA) and Mission NewEnergy (OTCMKTS:MNELF) Critical Comparison

LanzaTech Global (NASDAQ:LNZA) and Mission NewEnergy (OTCMKTS:MNELF) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.8% of LanzaTech Global shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for LanzaTech Global and Mission NewEnergy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LanzaTech Global	0	1	3	0	2.75
Mission NewEnergy	0	0	0	0	N/A

LanzaTech Global presently has a consensus target price of $6.33, indicating a potential upside of 135.88%.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares LanzaTech Global and Mission NewEnergy’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LanzaTech Global	$62.63 million	8.43	-$134.10 million	($0.94)	-2.86
Mission NewEnergy	$120,000.00	0.00	$10,000.00	N/A	N/A

Mission NewEnergy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LanzaTech Global.

Profitability

This table compares LanzaTech Global and Mission NewEnergy’s 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%
Mission NewEnergy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Mission NewEnergy beats LanzaTech Global on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LanzaTech Global

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.

About Mission NewEnergy

Mission NewEnergy Limited does not have significant operations. Previous, the company, through its interest in Felda Green Energy Sdn Bhd, engaged in the biodiesel refinery business in Malaysia. Mission NewEnergy Limited was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Subiaco, Australia.