Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX – Get Free Report) and Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Aemetis and Peabody Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Aemetis | $197.63 million | 0.53 | -$77.00 million | ($0.91) | -1.60 |
| Peabody Energy | $3.86 billion | 0.75 | -$52.90 million | ($1.50) | -15.90 |
Peabody Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Aemetis. Peabody Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aemetis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
27.0% of Aemetis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Peabody Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Aemetis shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Peabody Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Aemetis and Peabody Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Aemetis | -27.37% | N/A | -26.60% |
| Peabody Energy | -4.56% | -5.22% | -3.22% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Aemetis and Peabody Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Aemetis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Peabody Energy | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.17 |
Aemetis presently has a consensus price target of $11.88, suggesting a potential upside of 713.36%. Peabody Energy has a consensus price target of $33.88, suggesting a potential upside of 42.06%. Given Aemetis’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Aemetis is more favorable than Peabody Energy.
Risk and Volatility
Aemetis has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peabody Energy has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Peabody Energy beats Aemetis on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Peabody Energy
Peabody Energy Corporation engages in coal mining business in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, India, Brazil, Belgium, Chile, France, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Germany, and internationally. The company operates through Seaborne Thermal, Seaborne Metallurgical, Powder River Basin, Other U.S. Thermal, and Corporate and Other segments. It is involved in the mining, preparation, and sale of thermal coal primarily to electric utilities; mining bituminous and sub-bituminous coal deposits; low sulfur and high British thermal unit thermal coal; and mining metallurgical coal, such as hard coking coal, semi-hard coking coal, semi-soft coking coal, and pulverized coal injection coal. The company supplies coal primarily to electricity generators, industrial facilities, and steel manufacturers. It also engages in marketing and brokering of coal from other coal producers; trading of coal and freight-related contracts, as well as provides transportation-related services. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
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