Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS) vs. Its Competitors Head to Head Contrast

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Verde Clean Fuels and its rivals top-line 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’ 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Verde Clean Fuels and its rivals, as reported 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	412	957	1432	61	2.40

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

Volatility & Risk

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

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	5.48%	-361.40%	-1.57%

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 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.

Summary

Verde Clean Fuels rivals 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.