Keyuan Petrochemicals (OTCMKTS:KEYP) versus Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) Critical Analysis

Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) and Keyuan Petrochemicals (OTCMKTS:KEYP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Aemetis and Keyuan Petrochemicals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aemetis	-33.21%	N/A	-40.11%
Keyuan Petrochemicals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Aemetis and Keyuan Petrochemicals”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aemetis	$291.40 million	0.46	-$46.42 million	($2.26)	-1.19
Keyuan Petrochemicals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Keyuan Petrochemicals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aemetis.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Aemetis and Keyuan Petrochemicals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aemetis	0	1	4	0	2.80
Keyuan Petrochemicals	0	0	0	0	0.00

Aemetis presently has a consensus price target of $12.95, suggesting a potential upside of 379.63%. Given Aemetis’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Aemetis is more favorable than Keyuan Petrochemicals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

27.0% of Aemetis shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of Aemetis shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Aemetis beats Keyuan Petrochemicals on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Keyuan Petrochemicals

Keyuan Petrochemicals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, Ningbo Keyuan, Ningbo Keyuan Petrochemicals, Keyuan Synthetic Rubbers, Guangxi Keyuan and Zhongkexuneng, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of petrochemical products and rubber in the People’s Republic of China. The Company’s segments include the manufacture and sale of petrochemical products (petrochemical segment) and the manufacture and sale of rubber products (rubber segment). The Petrochemicals Segment includes the manufacturing and sales of mixed light aromatics, mixed heavy aromatics, fine propylene, propane, butane, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), methyltert-butylether and styrene. The Rubber Segment includes the manufacturing and sales of various rubber products. It manufactures and supplies various petrochemical and rubber products, including petrochemical products, such as Benzene Toluene-Xylene Aromatics (BTX Aromatics), propylene, styrene, LPG, Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) and rubber products.