Critical Survey: American Environmental Partners (AEPT) vs. The Competition

American Environmental Partners (OTCMKTS:AEPT) is one of 44 publicly-traded companies in the “Industrial organic chemicals” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare American Environmental Partners to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares American Environmental Partners and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Environmental Partners	$23.81 million	N/A	-0.10
American Environmental Partners Competitors	$5.78 billion	$14.41 million	5.65

American Environmental Partners’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than American Environmental Partners. American Environmental Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

American Environmental Partners has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Environmental Partners’ peers have a beta of 0.55, meaning that their average share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for American Environmental Partners and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Environmental Partners	0	0	0	0	N/A
American Environmental Partners Competitors	481	1005	1534	68	2.39

As a group, “Industrial organic chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 22.52%. Given American Environmental Partners’ peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Environmental Partners has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares American Environmental Partners and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Environmental Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A
American Environmental Partners Competitors	-20.96%	-386.35%	-2.24%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

2.3% of American Environmental Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of shares of all “Industrial organic chemicals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of shares of all “Industrial organic chemicals” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

American Environmental Partners peers beat American Environmental Partners on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About American Environmental Partners

American Environmental Partners, Inc., through its subsidiaries, sources, treats, and distributes reclaimed water in the United States. It engages in the designing, construction, and operation of regional water treatment facilities that serve industrial, energy, and government sectors. The company also focuses on drilling, operating, and partnership opportunities in the upstream oil and gas space. It also provides geotechnical services; educational marketing platforms of podcasts and videography; and construction, drilling, flowback, completions, and well-site services. The company was formerly known as American Energy Partners, Inc. and changed its name to American Environmental Partners, Inc. in October 2023. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.