Environmental Tectonics (OTCMKTS:ETCC – Get Rating) and Advent Technologies (NASDAQ:ADN – Get Rating) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Risk and Volatility
Environmental Tectonics has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advent Technologies has a beta of -0.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Environmental Tectonics and Advent Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Environmental Tectonics | 8.12% | N/A | N/A |
| Advent Technologies | -948.54% | -45.11% | -37.54% |
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Environmental Tectonics | $19.13 million | 0.19 | $1.81 million | $0.08 | 5.03 |
| Advent Technologies | $7.84 million | 4.33 | -$74.34 million | ($1.44) | -0.45 |
Environmental Tectonics has higher revenue and earnings than Advent Technologies. Advent Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Environmental Tectonics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
22.6% of Advent Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 74.8% of Environmental Tectonics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.1% of Advent Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Environmental Tectonics and Advent Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Environmental Tectonics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Advent Technologies | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Advent Technologies has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1,515.38%. Given Advent Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Advent Technologies is more favorable than Environmental Tectonics.
Summary
Environmental Tectonics beats Advent Technologies on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Environmental Tectonics
Environmental Tectonics Corp. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of software driven products. The firm also offers services used to create and monitor the physiological effects of motion on humans and equipment and to control, modify, simulate, and measure environmental conditions. It operates through the following business segments: Aerospace, Commercial/Industrial Systems (CIS), and Corporate. The Aerospace segment designs, manufactures, and sells aircrew training systems, altitude chambers, multi-place chambers, disaster management simulators, and integrated logistics support. The CIS segment handles the design, manufacture, and sale of steam and gas, environmental testing and simulation devices, mono-place chambers, and parts and services support for customers. The Corporate segment represents income, expenses, assets not specifically identifiable to an individual business group or applicable to all groups and general corporate expenses, and central administrative office expenses. The company was founded by William F. Mitchell in 1969 and is headquartered in Southampton, PA.
About Advent Technologies
Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. operates as an advanced materials and technology development company. It develops, manufactures and assembles hydrogen fuel cell components. The company was founded on June 18, 2018 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.
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