Critical Comparison: Aduro Clean Technologies (NASDAQ:ADUR) & Chemours (NYSE:CC)

Aduro Clean Technologies (NASDAQ:ADUR) and Chemours (NYSE:CC) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Aduro Clean Technologies and Chemours”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aduro Clean Technologies	$258,792.00	708.77	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chemours	$5.79 billion	0.29	-$238.00 million	$0.20	55.79

Aduro Clean Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chemours.

Profitability

This table compares Aduro Clean Technologies and Chemours’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aduro Clean Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chemours	1.51%	26.54%	2.41%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Aduro Clean Technologies and Chemours, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aduro Clean Technologies	0	0	1	0	3.00
Chemours	0	4	5	0	2.56

Aduro Clean Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 675.19%. Chemours has a consensus target price of $17.56, suggesting a potential upside of 57.34%. Given Aduro Clean Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aduro Clean Technologies is more favorable than Chemours.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

76.3% of Chemours shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Chemours shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Chemours beats Aduro Clean Technologies on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aduro Clean Technologies

Aduro Clean Technologies is a developer of patented water-based technologies to chemically recycle waste plastics; convert heavy crude and bitumen into lighter, more valuable oil and transform renewable oils into higher-value fuels or renewable chemicals. Aduro Clean Technologies is based in LONDON, Ontario.

About Chemours

The Chemours Company provides performance chemicals in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. It operates through three segments: Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials. The Titanium Technologies segment provides TiO2 pigment under the Ti-Pure brand for delivering whiteness, brightness, opacity, durability, efficiency, and protection in various of applications, such as architectural and industrial coatings, flexible and rigid plastic packaging, polyvinylchloride, laminate papers used for furniture and building materials, coated paper, and coated paperboard used for packaging. The Thermal & Specialized Solutions segment offers of refrigerants, thermal management solutions, propellants, foam blowing agents, and specialty solvents. The Advanced Performance Materials segment products portfolio includes various industrial resins, specialty products, membranes, and coatings for electronics, communications, transportation, wire and cable, energy, oil and gas, and medical, and other applications under the eflon, Viton, Krytox, and Nafion brands. The company sells its products through direct and indirect channels, as well as through a network of resellers and distributors. The Chemours Company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.