Reviewing American Battery Technology (ABAT) and Its Peers

American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT) is one of 29 public companies in the “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare American Battery Technology to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for American Battery Technology and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Battery Technology	0	0	1	0	3.00
American Battery Technology Competitors	253	1160	1548	17	2.45

American Battery Technology presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 504.05%. As a group, “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies have a potential upside of 9.94%. Given American Battery Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Battery Technology is more favorable than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

9.9% of American Battery Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of shares of all “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of American Battery Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of shares of all “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

American Battery Technology has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Battery Technology’s peers have a beta of 1.12, meaning that their average share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares American Battery Technology and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Battery Technology	$340,000.00	-$52.50 million	-1.02
American Battery Technology Competitors	$2.29 billion	$259.64 million	27.52

American Battery Technology’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than American Battery Technology. American Battery Technology 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.

Profitability

This table compares American Battery Technology and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Battery Technology	N/A	-61.72%	-46.74%
American Battery Technology Competitors	-1.65%	14.93%	3.98%

Summary

American Battery Technology peers beat American Battery Technology on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

American Battery Technology Company Profile

American Battery Technology Company operates as a battery materials company. The company explores for resources of battery metals, such as such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and develops and commercializes technologies for the extraction of battery metals, as well as commercializes integrated process for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The company was formerly known as American Battery Metals Corporation. American Battery Technology Company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.