Aqua Metals (AQMS) & Its Peers Head to Head Survey

Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) is one of 354 publicly-traded companies in the “Commercial Services & Supplies” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Aqua Metals to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

22.0% of Aqua Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Aqua Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Aqua Metals has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aqua Metals’ competitors have a beta of 2.50, suggesting that their average share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Aqua Metals and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aqua Metals	1	0	1	0	2.00
Aqua Metals Competitors	1906	6250	9033	665	2.47

Aqua Metals currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 266.30%. As a group, “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 10.11%. Given Aqua Metals’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aqua Metals is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Aqua Metals and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aqua Metals	$30,000.00	-$22.65 million	-0.29
Aqua Metals Competitors	$2.48 billion	$140.58 million	13.47

Aqua Metals’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Aqua Metals. Aqua Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Aqua Metals and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aqua Metals	N/A	-145.58%	-106.72%
Aqua Metals Competitors	-49.90%	-119.11%	-1.28%

Summary

Aqua Metals competitors beat Aqua Metals on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About Aqua Metals

Aqua Metals, Inc. engages in reinventing metals recycling activities with its patented AquaRefining technology. The company's technology produces metals and alloys that can be returned into the battery manufacturing supply chain markets, as well as sells metals for use in various advanced manufacturing industries. Its AquaRefining, a low-emissions and recycling technology that replaces polluting furnaces and hazardous chemicals with electricity-powered electroplating to recover valuable metals and materials from spent batteries. Aqua Metals, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.