Critical Survey: Loop Industries (NASDAQ:LOOP) & General Enterprise Ventures (OTCMKTS:GEVI)

Risk & Volatility

General Enterprise Ventures has a beta of 5.17, suggesting that its share price is 417% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loop Industries has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares General Enterprise Ventures and Loop Industries”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
General Enterprise Ventures	$520,000.00	54.50	-$10.10 million	($0.08)	-9.63
Loop Industries	$101,000.00	594.07	-$21.09 million	($0.40)	-3.15

General Enterprise Ventures has higher revenue and earnings than Loop Industries. General Enterprise Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loop Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.9% of Loop Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 49.8% of Loop Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares General Enterprise Ventures and Loop Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
General Enterprise Ventures	-544.66%	-162.24%	-104.56%
Loop Industries	-19,364.00%	-164.29%	-97.95%

Summary

General Enterprise Ventures beats Loop Industries on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About General Enterprise Ventures

General Enterprise Ventures, Inc., engages in installing large home and facility proactive wildfire prevention systems. It offers CitroTech products for the prevention and spread of wildfires, as well as lumber treatments for fire prevention. The company was formerly known as General Entertainment Ventures, Inc. and changed its name to General Enterprise Ventures, Inc. in October 2021. General Enterprise Ventures, Inc. is based in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

About Loop Industries

Loop Industries, Inc., a technology company, focuses on depolymerizing waste polyethylene terephthalate PET plastics and polyester fibers, including plastic bottles, packaging, carpets and textiles of any color, transparency and even ocean plastics that have been degraded by the sun and salt, to its base building blocks. Its polymerized monomers into virgin-quality PET resins for use in food-grade plastic packaging, such as plastic bottles for water and carbonated soft drinks, and containers for food and other consumer products; and polyester fibers, including textiles, clothing, and apparel. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Terrebonne, Canada.