Financial Review: American Battery Technology (ABAT) & Its Rivals

American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT) is one of 29 public companies in the “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare American Battery Technology to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

9.9% of American Battery Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of shares of all “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of American Battery Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of shares of all “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares American Battery Technology and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Battery Technology	$343,500.00	-$52.50 million	-1.03
American Battery Technology Competitors	$2.27 billion	$259.64 million	5.15

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

Profitability

This table compares American Battery Technology and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Battery Technology	N/A	-61.72%	-46.74%
American Battery Technology Competitors	2.78%	24.52%	4.11%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for American Battery Technology and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Battery Technology	0	0	1	0	3.00
American Battery Technology Competitors	253	1154	1537	17	2.45

American Battery Technology presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 500.00%. As a group, “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies have a potential upside of 10.56%. Given American Battery Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Battery Technology is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

American Battery Technology rivals beat American Battery Technology on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

American Battery Technology Company Profile

American Battery Technology Company operates as a battery materials company. The company explores for resources of battery metals, such as such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and develops and commercializes technologies for the extraction of battery metals, as well as commercializes integrated process for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The company was formerly known as American Battery Metals Corporation. American Battery Technology Company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.