Head-To-Head Review: Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO) & Sunrise New Energy (NASDAQ:EPOW)

Sunrise New Energy (NASDAQ:EPOW) and Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Sunrise New Energy has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gevo has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Sunrise New Energy and Gevo, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunrise New Energy	1	0	0	0	1.00
Gevo	2	1	2	0	2.00

Gevo has a consensus target price of $6.58, suggesting a potential upside of 287.25%. Given Gevo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gevo is more favorable than Sunrise New Energy.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

31.9% of Sunrise New Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Gevo shares are held by institutional investors. 42.5% of Sunrise New Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Gevo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Sunrise New Energy and Gevo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sunrise New Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gevo	-19.38%	-5.06%	-3.41%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sunrise New Energy and Gevo”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sunrise New Energy	$46.42 million	0.37	-$16.64 million	N/A	N/A
Gevo	$160.58 million	2.58	-$33.84 million	($0.13)	-13.08

Sunrise New Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gevo.

Summary

Gevo beats Sunrise New Energy on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sunrise New Energy

Sunrise New Energy Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of graphite anode material for EVs and other lithium-ion batteries. The company also operates a peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform business. In addition, it offers education consulting, training, tailored, information technology, business incubation, enterprise information technology integration, health, and agricultural technology services, as well as cultural and artistic exchanges and planning, and conference services. The company was formerly known as Global Internet of People, Inc. Sunrise New Energy Co., Ltd. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Zibo, the People’s Republic of China.

About Gevo

Gevo, Inc. operates as a carbon abatement company. It operates through three segments: Gevo, Agri-Energy, and Renewable Natural Gas. The company focuses on transforming renewable energy into energy-dense liquid hydrocarbons that can be used as renewable fuels. It offers renewable gasoline and diesel, isobutanol, sustainable aviation fuel, renewable natural gas, isobutylene, ethanol, and animal feed and protein. The company was formerly known as Methanotech, Inc. and changed its name to Gevo, Inc. in March 2006. Gevo, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.