Contrasting Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS) & Its Rivals

Verde Clean Fuels (NASDAQ:VGAS) is one of 41 publicly-traded companies in the “Industrial organic chemicals” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Verde Clean Fuels to related companies based on the strength of its risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

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’ peers have a beta of -100.49, suggesting that their average share price is 10,149% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Verde Clean Fuels and its peers’ 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	24.69%	-416.52%	-2.45%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Verde Clean Fuels	N/A	-$2.74 million	-10.42
Verde Clean Fuels Competitors	$4.33 billion	$14.57 million	5.59

Verde Clean Fuels’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Verde Clean Fuels. Verde Clean Fuels 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Verde Clean Fuels and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Verde Clean Fuels	0	0	0	0	N/A
Verde Clean Fuels Competitors	413	923	1332	52	2.38

As a group, “Industrial organic chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 16.26%. Given Verde Clean Fuels’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Verde Clean Fuels has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

15.6% of Verde Clean Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of shares of all “Industrial organic chemicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of shares of all “Industrial organic chemicals” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Verde Clean Fuels peers 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.