Analyzing General Enterprise Ventures (OTCMKTS:GEVI) & Chemours (NYSE:CC)

Chemours (NYSE:CC) and General Enterprise Ventures (OTCMKTS:GEVI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chemours	1.34%	29.48%	2.74%
General Enterprise Ventures	-544.66%	-162.24%	-104.56%

Volatility & Risk

Chemours has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Enterprise Ventures has a beta of 5.33, meaning that its stock price is 433% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Chemours and General Enterprise Ventures, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chemours	0	5	3	0	2.38
General Enterprise Ventures	0	0	0	0	0.00

Chemours currently has a consensus price target of $24.13, indicating a potential upside of 36.53%. Given Chemours’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Chemours is more favorable than General Enterprise Ventures.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

76.3% of Chemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Chemours shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Chemours and General Enterprise Ventures”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chemours	$5.75 billion	0.46	-$238.00 million	$0.50	35.34
General Enterprise Ventures	$520,000.00	60.16	-$10.10 million	($0.08)	-10.63

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

Summary

Chemours beats General Enterprise Ventures on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Chemours

The Chemours Company provides performance chemicals in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. It operates through three segments: Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials. The Titanium Technologies segment provides TiO2 pigment under the Ti-Pure brand for delivering whiteness, brightness, opacity, durability, efficiency, and protection in various of applications, such as architectural and industrial coatings, flexible and rigid plastic packaging, polyvinylchloride, laminate papers used for furniture and building materials, coated paper, and coated paperboard used for packaging. The Thermal & Specialized Solutions segment offers of refrigerants, thermal management solutions, propellants, foam blowing agents, and specialty solvents. The Advanced Performance Materials segment products portfolio includes various industrial resins, specialty products, membranes, and coatings for electronics, communications, transportation, wire and cable, energy, oil and gas, and medical, and other applications under the eflon, Viton, Krytox, and Nafion brands. The company sells its products through direct and indirect channels, as well as through a network of resellers and distributors. The Chemours Company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

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.