Comparing LanzaTech Global (LNZA) & Its Peers

LanzaTech Global (NASDAQ:LNZA) is one of 42 publicly-traded companies in the “Industrial organic chemicals” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare LanzaTech Global to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

LanzaTech Global has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LanzaTech Global’s peers have a beta of -94.78, meaning that their average share price is 9,578% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares LanzaTech Global and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LanzaTech Global	-214.11%	-95.22%	-51.16%
LanzaTech Global Competitors	7.76%	-395.11%	-1.46%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for LanzaTech Global and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LanzaTech Global	0	0	3	0	3.00
LanzaTech Global Competitors	364	840	1269	61	2.41

LanzaTech Global presently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 164.90%. As a group, “Industrial organic chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 9.30%. Given LanzaTech Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LanzaTech Global is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares LanzaTech Global and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
LanzaTech Global	$62.63 million	-$134.10 million	-3.21
LanzaTech Global Competitors	$3.90 billion	$110.76 million	7.42

LanzaTech Global’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than LanzaTech Global. LanzaTech Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

17.8% of LanzaTech Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of shares of all “Industrial organic chemicals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.0% of shares of all “Industrial organic chemicals” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

LanzaTech Global peers beat LanzaTech Global on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

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.