Albemarle (NYSE:ALB – Get Free Report) and Bion Environmental Technologies (OTCMKTS:BNET – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Albemarle and Bion Environmental Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Albemarle | 1 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 2.54 |
| Bion Environmental Technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Albemarle currently has a consensus price target of $190.04, suggesting a potential upside of 39.72%. Given Albemarle’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Albemarle is more favorable than Bion Environmental Technologies.
Risk & Volatility
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Albemarle and Bion Environmental Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Albemarle | $5.14 billion | 3.12 | -$510.63 million | $0.27 | 503.77 |
| Bion Environmental Technologies | N/A | N/A | -$2.38 million | ($0.03) | -5.67 |
Bion Environmental Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Albemarle. Bion Environmental Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albemarle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
92.9% of Albemarle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Bion Environmental Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Albemarle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.2% of Bion Environmental Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Albemarle and Bion Environmental Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Albemarle | 3.09% | 10.96% | 5.39% |
| Bion Environmental Technologies | N/A | N/A | -3,552.13% |
Summary
Albemarle beats Bion Environmental Technologies on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Albemarle
Albemarle Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets engineered specialty chemicals worldwide. It operates through three segments: Energy Storage, Specialties and Ketjen. The Energy Storage segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride; technical services for the handling and use of reactive lithium products; and lithium-containing by-products recycling services. The Specialties segment provides bromine-based specialty chemicals, including elemental bromine, alkyl and inorganic bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and other bromine fine chemicals; lithium specialties, such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride; develops and manufactures cesium products for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries; and zirconium, barium, and titanium products for pyrotechnical applications that include airbag initiators. The Ketjen segment offers clean fuels technologies (CFT), which is composed of hydroprocessing catalysts (HPC) together with isomerization and akylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions (PCS), which is composed of organometallics and curatives. The company serves the energy storage, petroleum refining, consumer electronics, construction, automotive, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, and crop protection markets. Albemarle Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
About Bion Environmental Technologies
Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. develops patented and proprietary technology that provides waste treatment and resource recovery solutions for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in the United States and internationally. The company offers Gen3Tech, a third-generation technology and business/technology platform, which remediates environmental problems and improve operational/resource efficiencies through recovering co-products from the CAFOs’ waste stream, including renewable energy, fertilizer products, and clean water. It also focuses on the installation of its systems to retrofit and environmentally remediate existing CAFOs; development of waste treatment facilities; and licensing and/or joint venturing of its technology and applications. Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Old Bethpage, New York.
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