Financial Survey: KiOR (OTCMKTS:KIORQ) vs. Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO)

Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO) and KiOR (OTCMKTS:KIORQ) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Gevo and KiOR’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gevo	-510.04%	-14.95%	-12.69%
KiOR	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

35.2% of Gevo shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Gevo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Gevo and KiOR”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gevo	$17.20 million	20.60	-$66.21 million	($0.34)	-4.35
KiOR	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

KiOR has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gevo.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Gevo and KiOR, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gevo	0	1	1	0	2.50
KiOR	0	0	0	0	0.00

Gevo presently has a consensus price target of $8.63, suggesting a potential upside of 482.77%. Given Gevo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Gevo is more favorable than KiOR.

Summary

Gevo beats KiOR on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About KiOR

KiOR, Inc., incorporated on July 23, 2007, is a development-stage and is a next generation renewable fuels company. The Company is engaged in developing a commercial process to produce cellulosic gasoline and diesel from abundant, lignocellulosic biomass. The Company has developed a two-step technology platform that converts non-food lignocellulose into cellulosic gasoline and diesel that can be transported using the existing fuels distribution system for use in vehicles. The other renewable fuels are derived from soft starches, such as corn starch or cane sugar, for ethanol, or from soy and other vegetable oils for biodiesel, cellulosic fuel is derived from lignocellulose found in wood, grasses and the non-edible portions of plants. The Company has not generated any revenue.