Financial Survey: Golden Arrow Merger (NASDAQ:GAMC) vs. LanzaTech Global (NASDAQ:LNZA)

LanzaTech Global (NASDAQ:LNZA) and Golden Arrow Merger (NASDAQ:GAMC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for LanzaTech Global and Golden Arrow Merger, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LanzaTech Global	0	1	3	0	2.75
Golden Arrow Merger	0	0	0	0	N/A

LanzaTech Global currently has a consensus target price of $6.33, suggesting a potential upside of 319.43%. Given LanzaTech Global’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe LanzaTech Global is more favorable than Golden Arrow Merger.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.8% of LanzaTech Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Golden Arrow Merger shares are held by institutional investors. 77.4% of Golden Arrow Merger shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares LanzaTech Global and Golden Arrow Merger’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LanzaTech Global	-143.76%	-96.75%	-42.57%
Golden Arrow Merger	N/A	N/A	-24.61%

Volatility and Risk

LanzaTech Global has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golden Arrow Merger has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares LanzaTech Global and Golden Arrow Merger”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LanzaTech Global	$62.63 million	4.77	-$134.10 million	($0.49)	-3.08
Golden Arrow Merger	N/A	N/A	-$1.47 million	N/A	N/A

Golden Arrow Merger has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LanzaTech Global.

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.

About Golden Arrow Merger

Golden Arrow Merger Corp. does not have significant operations. The company intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It focuses on acquiring companies in the healthcare and healthcare-related infrastructure industries in the United States and other developed countries. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York. Golden Arrow Merger Corp. is a subsidiary of Golden Arrow Sponsor, LLC.