Analyzing Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR) and Its Rivals

Aduro Clean Technologies (NASDAQ:ADUR) is one of 35 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals & allied products” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Aduro Clean Technologies to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Aduro Clean Technologies and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aduro Clean Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aduro Clean Technologies Competitors	-819.73%	-9.90%	-6.92%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

70.5% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Aduro Clean Technologies and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aduro Clean Technologies	$258,792.00	N/A	-32.44
Aduro Clean Technologies Competitors	$6.39 billion	$164.80 million	19.79

Aduro Clean Technologies’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Aduro Clean Technologies. Aduro Clean Technologies 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 Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Aduro Clean Technologies and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aduro Clean Technologies	0	0	1	0	3.00
Aduro Clean Technologies Competitors	153	1463	1675	50	2.49

Aduro Clean Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 491.86%. As a group, “Chemicals & allied products” companies have a potential upside of 17.32%. Given Aduro Clean Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Aduro Clean Technologies is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

Aduro Clean Technologies beats its rivals on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

Aduro Clean Technologies Company Profile

Aduro Clean Technologies is a developer of patented water-based technologies to chemically recycle waste plastics; convert heavy crude and bitumen into lighter, more valuable oil and transform renewable oils into higher-value fuels or renewable chemicals. Aduro Clean Technologies is based in LONDON, Ontario.