Critical Comparison: BioLargo (BLGO) versus Its Peers

BioLargo (NASDAQ:BLGO) is one of 34 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals & allied products” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare BioLargo to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares BioLargo and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BioLargo	$12.23 million	-$3.50 million	-8.06
BioLargo Competitors	$6.65 billion	$204.21 million	-31.59

BioLargo’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than BioLargo. BioLargo is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares BioLargo and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BioLargo	-16.53%	-58.35%	-32.12%
BioLargo Competitors	-568.74%	5.73%	-0.15%

Risk & Volatility

BioLargo has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BioLargo’s competitors have a beta of 1.78, meaning that their average share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for BioLargo and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BioLargo	0	0	0	0	N/A
BioLargo Competitors	139	1282	1596	46	2.51

As a group, “Chemicals & allied products” companies have a potential upside of 6.99%. Given BioLargo’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BioLargo has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of BioLargo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of BioLargo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BioLargo competitors beat BioLargo on 7 of the 10 factors compared.

About BioLargo

BioLargo, Inc. invents, develops, and commercializes various platform technologies. Its technologies solve challenging environmental problems comprising per – and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) water contamination, advanced water and wastewater treatment, industrial odor and volatile organic compounds control, air quality control, infection control, and myriad environmental remediation. The company provides full-service environmental engineering services. BioLargo, Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Westminster, California.