Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) vs. KiOR (OTCMKTS:KIORQ) Head-To-Head Review

Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) and KiOR (OTCMKTS:KIORQ) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Aemetis and KiOR, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

Aemetis currently has a consensus price target of $12.95, indicating a potential upside of 227.02%. Given Aemetis’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aemetis is more favorable than KiOR.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aemetis	$186.72 million	1.05	-$46.42 million	($2.26)	-1.75
KiOR	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

KiOR has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aemetis.

Institutional and Insider 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

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

Summary

Aemetis beats KiOR 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 KiOR

KiOR, Inc., incorporated on July 23, 2007, is a development-stage and is a next generation renewable fuels company. The Company is engaged in developing a commercial process to produce cellulosic gasoline and diesel from abundant, lignocellulosic biomass. The Company has developed a two-step technology platform that converts non-food lignocellulose into cellulosic gasoline and diesel that can be transported using the existing fuels distribution system for use in vehicles. The other renewable fuels are derived from soft starches, such as corn starch or cane sugar, for ethanol, or from soy and other vegetable oils for biodiesel, cellulosic fuel is derived from lignocellulose found in wood, grasses and the non-edible portions of plants. The Company has not generated any revenue.