Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) and Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) Head-To-Head Survey

Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) and Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Aemetis and Sunoco, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aemetis	1	0	1	0	2.00
Sunoco	0	1	8	1	3.00

Aemetis currently has a consensus price target of $11.88, indicating a potential upside of 615.36%. Sunoco has a consensus price target of $79.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.50%. Given Aemetis’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Aemetis is more favorable than Sunoco.

Risk and Volatility

Aemetis has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunoco has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

27.0% of Aemetis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Sunoco shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Aemetis shares are held 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.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aemetis	$197.63 million	0.61	-$77.00 million	($0.91)	-1.82
Sunoco	$39.58 billion	0.39	$527.00 million	$4.52	16.73

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

Profitability

This table compares Aemetis and Sunoco’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aemetis	-27.37%	N/A	-26.60%
Sunoco	2.88%	18.78%	4.29%

Summary

Sunoco beats Aemetis on 10 of the 15 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 Sunoco

Sunoco LP, together with its subsidiaries, distributes and retails motor fuels in the United States. It operates through two segments: Fuel Distribution and Marketing, and All Other. The Fuel Distribution and Marketing segment purchases motor fuel, as well as other petroleum products, such as propane and lubricating oil from independent refiners and oil companies and supplies it to company-operated retail stores, independently operated commission agents, and retail stores, as well as other commercial customers, including unbranded retail stores, other fuel distributors, school districts, municipalities, and other industrial customers. It owns and operates retail stores under the APlus and Aloha Island Mart brand names; and offers food, beverages, snacks, grocery and non-food merchandise, motor fuels, and other services. The All Other segment includes partnership credit card services, franchise royalties, and retail operations; and offers credit card processing, car washes, lottery, automated teller machines, money order, prepaid phone cards, and wireless services. The company was formerly known as Susser Petroleum Partners LP and changed its name to Sunoco LP in 2014. Sunoco LP was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.