Bion Environmental Technologies (OTCMKTS: BNET – Get Rating) is one of 20 public companies in the “Agricultural chemicals” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Bion Environmental Technologies to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Bion Environmental Technologies and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bion Environmental Technologies | N/A | -2,200.64% | -55.78% |
| Bion Environmental Technologies Competitors | -897.41% | -30.25% | -21.28% |
Risk and Volatility
Bion Environmental Technologies has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bion Environmental Technologies’ competitors have a beta of 1.22, indicating that their average stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
0.1% of Bion Environmental Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of shares of all “Agricultural chemicals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 39.2% of Bion Environmental Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of shares of all “Agricultural chemicals” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments, and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Bion Environmental Technologies and its competitor's gross revenue, earnings per share, and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bion Environmental Technologies | N/A | $8.29 million | -15.38 |
| Bion Environmental Technologies Competitors | $5.62 billion | $1.09 billion | 5.76 |
Bion Environmental Technologies’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Bion Environmental Technologies. Bion Environmental Technologies 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.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Bion Environmental Technologies and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bion Environmental Technologies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Bion Environmental Technologies Competitors | 247 | 712 | 763 | 81 | 2.38 |
Bion Environmental Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 143.90%. As a group, “Agricultural chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 35.71%. Given Bion Environmental Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bion Environmental Technologies is more favorable than its competitors.
Summary
Bion Environmental Technologies' competitors beat Bion Environmental Technologies on 8 of the 13 factors compared.
About Bion Environmental Technologies
Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. develops patented and proprietary technology that provides waste treatment and resource recovery solutions for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in the United States and internationally. The company offers Gen3Tech, a third-generation technology and business/technology platform, that remediates environmental problems and improves operational/resource efficiencies through recovering co-products from the CAFOs' waste stream, including renewable energy, fertilizer products, and clean water. It focuses on the installation of its systems to retrofit and environmentally remediate existing CAFOs; the development of waste treatment facilities; and licensing and/or joint venturing of its technology and applications. Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Old Bethpage, New York.
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