BioLargo (BLGO) and Its Competitors Critical Analysis

BioLargo (NASDAQ:BLGO) is one of 33 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals & allied products” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare BioLargo to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BioLargo and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BioLargo	$12.23 million	-$3.50 million	-8.12
BioLargo Competitors	$6.84 billion	$211.64 million	67.91

BioLargo’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than BioLargo. BioLargo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares BioLargo and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BioLargo	-16.53%	-58.35%	-32.12%
BioLargo Competitors	-591.84%	5.15%	-0.65%

Risk & Volatility

BioLargo has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BioLargo’s competitors have a beta of 1.81, suggesting that their average share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of BioLargo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of BioLargo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for BioLargo and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BioLargo	0	0	0	0	N/A
BioLargo Competitors	139	1250	1568	44	2.51

As a group, “Chemicals & allied products” companies have a potential upside of 13.47%. Given BioLargo’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BioLargo has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

BioLargo competitors beat BioLargo on 8 of the 10 factors compared.

BioLargo Company Profile

BioLargo, Inc. invents, develops, and commercializes various platform technologies. Its technologies solve challenging environmental problems comprising per – and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) water contamination, advanced water and wastewater treatment, industrial odor and volatile organic compounds control, air quality control, infection control, and myriad environmental remediation. The company provides full-service environmental engineering services. BioLargo, Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Westminster, California.