Advent Technologies (NASDAQ:ADN – Get Free Report) and Gauzy (NASDAQ:GAUZ – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Advent Technologies and Gauzy, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Advent Technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gauzy | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
Gauzy has a consensus price target of $16.25, indicating a potential upside of 61.21%. Given Gauzy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gauzy is more favorable than Advent Technologies.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Advent Technologies | $7.03 million | 1.88 | -$71.40 million | ($25.95) | -0.19 |
| Gauzy | $94.35 million | 2.04 | -$79.27 million | N/A | N/A |
Advent Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gauzy.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
17.5% of Advent Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Advent Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Advent Technologies and Gauzy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Advent Technologies | -828.45% | -442.47% | -159.40% |
| Gauzy | -66.25% | N/A | -34.21% |
Summary
Gauzy beats Advent Technologies on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Advent Technologies
Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc., an advanced materials and technology development company, operates in the fuel cell and hydrogen technology markets in North America, Europe, and Asia. It develops, manufactures, and assembles fuel cell systems and critical components that determine the performance of hydrogen fuel cells and other energy systems. The company offers high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells, including membrane electrode assemblies, bipolar plates, and reformers, as well as provides fuel-cell stack assembly and testing services. It serves stationary power, portable power, automotive, aviation, energy storage, and sensor markets. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
About Gauzy
Gauzy Ltd. is a fully-integrated light and vision control company which focused on the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of vision and light control technologies. It operates principally in Germany, France, the United States, Canada, China, Singapore and Dubai. Gauzy Ltd. is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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