Renewal Fuels (OTCMKTS:RNWF) versus Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) Financial Analysis

Renewal Fuels (OTCMKTS:RNWF) and Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Renewal Fuels and Aemetis, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Renewal Fuels	0	0	0	0	0.00
Aemetis	0	1	3	0	2.75

Aemetis has a consensus price target of $13.43, suggesting a potential upside of 459.38%. Given Aemetis’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aemetis is more favorable than Renewal Fuels.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Renewal Fuels and Aemetis”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Renewal Fuels	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aemetis	$267.64 million	0.50	-$87.54 million	($1.87)	-1.28

Renewal Fuels has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aemetis.

Profitability

This table compares Renewal Fuels and Aemetis’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Renewal Fuels	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aemetis	-36.92%	N/A	-35.80%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

27.0% of Aemetis shares are held by institutional investors. 38.7% of Renewal Fuels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Aemetis shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Aemetis beats Renewal Fuels on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Renewal Fuels

Renewal Fuels, Inc. provides various products and services for consumers and businesses in various sectors. It focuses on the provision of alternative psychedelic treatment solutions; and cultivating of hemp seed genetics. The company also offers professional business solutions; banking services for the cannabis industry; and corporate advisory and management services for small companies. In addition, it provides financial and management advisory services, and financial technology services to customers in various industries comprising legal psilocybin, hemp, and cannabis. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Dover, Delaware.

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.