Financial Review: LanzaTech Global (LNZA) versus Its Competitors

LanzaTech Global (NASDAQ:LNZA) is one of 354 publicly-traded companies in the “Commercial Services & Supplies” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare LanzaTech Global to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

LanzaTech Global has a beta of -1.1, indicating that its share price is 210% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LanzaTech Global’s peers have a beta of 2.44, indicating that their average share price is 144% more 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	295.66%	-47.63%	-22.76%
LanzaTech Global Competitors	-67.39%	-119.20%	-1.35%

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LanzaTech Global	1	2	0	0	1.67
LanzaTech Global Competitors	1899	6237	9016	662	2.47

LanzaTech Global currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 183.98%. As a group, “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 9.91%. Given LanzaTech Global’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe LanzaTech Global is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
LanzaTech Global	$55.85 million	-$48.95 million	0.33
LanzaTech Global Competitors	$2.46 billion	$140.58 million	14.71

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, 39.5% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of LanzaTech Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

LanzaTech Global peers beat LanzaTech Global on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

LanzaTech Global Company Profile

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.