Analyzing Aemetis (AMTX) and The Competition
by Mitch Edgeman · The Markets DailyAemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX – Get Free Report) is one of 1,050 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Aemetis to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Aemetis and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Aemetis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Aemetis Competitors | 5963 | 26938 | 40762 | 2404 | 2.52 |
Aemetis currently has a consensus target price of $11.88, suggesting a potential upside of 932.61%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 20.57%. Given Aemetis’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aemetis is more favorable than its rivals.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Aemetis and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Aemetis | $230.17 million | -$77.00 million | -1.26 |
| Aemetis Competitors | $14.94 billion | $5.51 billion | 0.28 |
Aemetis’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Aemetis. Aemetis 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.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
27.0% of Aemetis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Aemetis shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” 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.
Volatility & Risk
Aemetis has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aemetis’ rivals have a beta of -3.72, meaning that their average stock price is 472% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Aemetis and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Aemetis | -27.37% | N/A | -26.60% |
| Aemetis Competitors | -472.90% | 19.17% | 6.33% |
Summary
Aemetis rivals beat Aemetis on 10 of the 13 factors compared.
About Aemetis
Aemetis, Inc. operates as a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company. It operates through three segments: California Ethanol, California Dairy Renewable Natural Gas, and India Biodiesel. The company focuses on the operation, acquisition, development, and commercialization of technologies to produce low and negative carbon intensity renewable fuels that replace fossil-based products. In addition, it produces and sells ethanol; and wet distillers grains, distillers corn oil, and condensed distillers solubles to dairies and feedlots as animal feed. Further, the company markets and supplies USP alcohol and hand sanitizer; and produces renewable natural gas, as well as distilled biodiesel from various vegetable oil and animal waste feedstocks. Additionally, it researches and develops conversion technologies using waste feedstocks to produce biofuels and biochemicals. Furthermore, it sells biodiesel primarily to government oil marketing companies. Aemetis, Inc. is headquartered in Cupertino, California.