Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT – Get Free Report) and General Enterprise Ventures (OTCMKTS:GEVI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
91.6% of Ingevity shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ingevity shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Ingevity and General Enterprise Ventures”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ingevity | $1.48 billion | 1.03 | -$564.50 million | ($15.53) | -2.69 |
| General Enterprise Ventures | $520,000.00 | 48.83 | -$10.10 million | ($0.08) | -8.63 |
Volatility & Risk
Ingevity has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Enterprise Ventures has a beta of 5.17, indicating that its stock price is 417% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Ingevity and General Enterprise Ventures, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ingevity | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
| General Enterprise Ventures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Ingevity currently has a consensus price target of $52.17, indicating a potential upside of 24.95%. Given Ingevity’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ingevity is more favorable than General Enterprise Ventures.
Profitability
This table compares Ingevity and General Enterprise Ventures’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ingevity | -38.11% | 24.46% | 4.29% |
| General Enterprise Ventures | -544.66% | -162.24% | -104.56% |
Summary
Ingevity beats General Enterprise Ventures on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ingevity
Ingevity Corporation manufactures and sells activated carbon products, derivative specialty chemicals, and engineered polymers in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and South America. It operates through three segments: Performance Materials, Performance Chemicals, and Advanced Polymer Technologies. The Performance Materials segment engineers, manufactures, and sells hardwood-based and chemically activated carbon products for use in gasoline vapor emission control systems in cars, motorcycles, trucks, and boats. This segment also produces other activated carbon products for food, water, beverage, and chemical purification applications. The Performance Chemicals segment consists of road technologies and industrial specialties. This segment's products are used in pavement construction, pavement preservation, pavement reconstruction and recycling, road markings, agrochemical dispersants, paper chemicals, and other industrial uses. The Advanced Polymer Technologies segment produces caprolactone and caprolactone-based specialty polymers for use in coatings, resins, elastomers, adhesives, bioplastics, and medical devices. It serves automotive parts and components manufacturers through sales representatives and distributors. The company was formerly known as WestRock Company, Specialty Chemicals Business and changed its name to Ingevity Corporation in September 2015. Ingevity Corporation was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina.
About General Enterprise Ventures
General Enterprise Ventures, Inc., engages in installing large home and facility proactive wildfire prevention systems. It offers CitroTech products for the prevention and spread of wildfires, as well as lumber treatments for fire prevention. The company was formerly known as General Entertainment Ventures, Inc. and changed its name to General Enterprise Ventures, Inc. in October 2021. General Enterprise Ventures, Inc. is based in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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