ADS-TEC Energy (NASDAQ:ADSE) and LanzaTech Global (NASDAQ:LNZA) Critical Review

LanzaTech Global (NASDAQ:LNZA) and ADS-TEC Energy (NASDAQ:ADSE) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for LanzaTech Global and ADS-TEC Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LanzaTech Global	1	2	0	1	2.25
ADS-TEC Energy	1	0	0	1	2.50

LanzaTech Global presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.08%. Given LanzaTech Global’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe LanzaTech Global is more favorable than ADS-TEC Energy.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares LanzaTech Global and ADS-TEC Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LanzaTech Global	$49.59 million	0.57	-$137.73 million	($23.16)	-0.53
ADS-TEC Energy	$119.06 million	5.74	-$106.00 million	N/A	N/A

ADS-TEC Energy has higher revenue and earnings than LanzaTech Global.

Profitability

This table compares LanzaTech Global and ADS-TEC Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LanzaTech Global	-190.24%	-78,473.86%	-58.79%
ADS-TEC Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.8% of LanzaTech Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of ADS-TEC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of LanzaTech Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.1% of ADS-TEC Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ADS-TEC Energy beats LanzaTech Global on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LanzaTech Global

LanzaTech Global, Inc. operates as a nature-based carbon refining company in the United States and internationally. The company transforms waste carbon into the chemical building blocks for consumer goods, such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, and packaging. It is also developing biocatalysts and processes to produce a suite of additional products utilizing novel biocatalysts, including acetone and isopropanol (IPA) and industrial solvents used in various applications, including production of polymers from IPA. LanzaTech Global, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Skokie, Illinois.

About ADS-TEC Energy

ADS-TEC Energy PLC provide intelligent and decentralized energy storage systems in Europe and North America. Its portfolio of ecosystem platforms provides DC-based ultra-fast chargers for EVs on power limited grids, energy storage and management solutions for commercial and industrial applications, and energy storage and management solutions for residential sector coupling applications. The company offers ChargeBox, which contains the battery and power inverters; ChargePost, a semi-mobile ultra-high-power charger; and ChargeTrailer, a mobile high power charging system in the form of a standard truck trailer, that has a variety of integrated inverters, air-conditioners, an energy management unit, and security firewall, as well as a communication unit through mobile radio and DC-charging technology. It also provides PowerBooster, a battery energy system that boosts capacity for the charging process; Container-Systems, a custom battery system for large-scale applications as 20- or 40-foot container solutions; rack systems; and digital services. In addition, the company is developing MyPowerplant platform for residential applications. Its products are used in private homes, public buildings, commercial enterprises, industrial and infrastructure solutions, and self-sufficient energy supply systems. ADS-TEC Energy PLC was founded in 2008 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.