Sunoco (NYSE:SUN – Get Free Report) and Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Sunoco and Aemetis”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sunoco | $25.20 billion | 0.61 | $527.00 million | $4.52 | 16.73 |
| Aemetis | $230.17 million | 0.52 | -$77.00 million | ($0.91) | -1.82 |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Sunoco and Aemetis, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sunoco | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Aemetis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Sunoco presently has a consensus price target of $79.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.50%. Aemetis has a consensus price target of $11.88, indicating a potential upside of 615.36%. Given Aemetis’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aemetis is more favorable than Sunoco.
Volatility & Risk
Sunoco has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aemetis has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
24.3% of Sunoco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Aemetis shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Aemetis shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Sunoco and Aemetis’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sunoco | 2.88% | 18.78% | 4.29% |
| Aemetis | -27.37% | N/A | -26.60% |
Summary
Sunoco beats Aemetis on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sunoco
Sunoco LP, together with its subsidiaries, distributes and retails motor fuels in the United States. It operates through two segments: Fuel Distribution and Marketing, and All Other. The Fuel Distribution and Marketing segment purchases motor fuel, as well as other petroleum products, such as propane and lubricating oil from independent refiners and oil companies and supplies it to company-operated retail stores, independently operated commission agents, and retail stores, as well as other commercial customers, including unbranded retail stores, other fuel distributors, school districts, municipalities, and other industrial customers. It owns and operates retail stores under the APlus and Aloha Island Mart brand names; and offers food, beverages, snacks, grocery and non-food merchandise, motor fuels, and other services. The All Other segment includes partnership credit card services, franchise royalties, and retail operations; and offers credit card processing, car washes, lottery, automated teller machines, money order, prepaid phone cards, and wireless services. The company was formerly known as Susser Petroleum Partners LP and changed its name to Sunoco LP in 2014. Sunoco LP was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
About Aemetis
Aemetis, Inc. operates as a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company. It operates through three segments: California Ethanol, California Dairy Renewable Natural Gas, and India Biodiesel. The company focuses on the operation, acquisition, development, and commercialization of technologies to produce low and negative carbon intensity renewable fuels that replace fossil-based products. In addition, it produces and sells ethanol; and wet distillers grains, distillers corn oil, and condensed distillers solubles to dairies and feedlots as animal feed. Further, the company markets and supplies USP alcohol and hand sanitizer; and produces renewable natural gas, as well as distilled biodiesel from various vegetable oil and animal waste feedstocks. Additionally, it researches and develops conversion technologies using waste feedstocks to produce biofuels and biochemicals. Furthermore, it sells biodiesel primarily to government oil marketing companies. Aemetis, Inc. is headquartered in Cupertino, California.
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