Advent Technologies (NASDAQ:ADN) and Murata Manufacturing (OTCMKTS:MRAAY) Critical Analysis

Advent Technologies (NASDAQ:ADN) and Murata Manufacturing (OTCMKTS:MRAAY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

17.5% of Advent Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Murata Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Advent Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Advent Technologies and Murata Manufacturing, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Advent Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
Murata Manufacturing	0	0	0	0	0.00

Profitability

This table compares Advent Technologies and Murata Manufacturing’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Advent Technologies	N/A	N/A	-239.12%
Murata Manufacturing	12.51%	8.51%	7.28%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Advent Technologies and Murata Manufacturing”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Advent Technologies	$115,000.00	27.67	-$40.99 million	($6.31)	-0.14
Murata Manufacturing	$11.45 billion	3.56	$1.54 billion	$0.43	25.48

Murata Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than Advent Technologies. Advent Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murata Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Advent Technologies has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murata Manufacturing has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Murata Manufacturing beats Advent Technologies on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Advent Technologies

Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc., an advanced materials and technology development company, operates in the fuel cell and hydrogen technology markets in North America, Europe, and Asia. It develops, manufactures, and assembles fuel cell systems and critical components that determine the performance of hydrogen fuel cells and other energy systems. The company offers high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells, including membrane electrode assemblies, bipolar plates, and reformers, as well as provides fuel-cell stack assembly and testing services. It serves stationary power, portable power, automotive, aviation, energy storage, and sensor markets. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

About Murata Manufacturing

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. designs, manufactures, and sells ceramic-based passive electronic components and solutions in Japan and internationally. The company offers capacitors, inductors, noise suppression products/EMI suppression filters/ESD protection devices, resistors, thermistors, sensors, timing devices, quartz devices, sound components, power products, batteries, micro mechatronics, RFID product, baluns, couplers, filters, phase shifters, RF switches, front-end modules, SAW components, connectors, antennas, connectivity modules, wireless connectivity platforms, ionizers/active oxygen modules, and transformers. It also offers Femtet, a CAE software that solves various engineering challenges; and provides silver oxide battery. In addition, the company provides connectivity, Wifi sensing, IOT, AI, and RFID solutions. Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. offers its products for use in communications equipment, mobility, enterprise system, industrial, healthcare, medical, personal electronics applications, and other sectors. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Nagaokakyo, Japan.