FMC (NYSE:FMC – Get Free Report) and General Enterprise Ventures (OTCMKTS:GEVI – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
91.9% of FMC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of FMC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for FMC and General Enterprise Ventures, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| FMC | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2.21 |
| General Enterprise Ventures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Risk and Volatility
FMC has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Enterprise Ventures has a beta of 5.35, meaning that its share price is 435% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares FMC and General Enterprise Ventures”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| FMC | $4.25 billion | 1.13 | $341.10 million | $2.72 | 14.12 |
| General Enterprise Ventures | $520,000.00 | 144.04 | -$10.10 million | ($0.13) | -11.00 |
FMC has higher revenue and earnings than General Enterprise Ventures. General Enterprise Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares FMC and General Enterprise Ventures’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| FMC | 8.03% | 9.67% | 3.64% |
| General Enterprise Ventures | -544.66% | -162.24% | -104.56% |
Summary
FMC beats General Enterprise Ventures on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About FMC
FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management products. It develops, markets, and sells crop protection chemicals that includes insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides; and biologicals, crop nutrition, and seed treatment products, which are used in agriculture to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a range of insects, weeds, and diseases, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control. The company markets its products through its own sales organization and through alliance partners, independent distributors, and sales representatives. It operates in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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.
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