Chemours (NYSE:CC) vs. Aduro Clean Technologies (NASDAQ:ADUR) Head-To-Head Survey

Chemours (NYSE:CC) and Aduro Clean Technologies (NASDAQ:ADUR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Chemours and Aduro Clean Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chemours	$5.79 billion	0.27	-$238.00 million	$0.20	52.83
Aduro Clean Technologies	$258,792.00	796.68	N/A	N/A	N/A

Aduro Clean Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chemours.

Profitability

This table compares Chemours and Aduro Clean Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chemours	1.51%	26.54%	2.41%
Aduro Clean Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Chemours and Aduro Clean Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chemours	0	4	5	0	2.56
Aduro Clean Technologies	0	0	1	0	3.00

Chemours presently has a consensus target price of $17.56, suggesting a potential upside of 66.17%. Aduro Clean Technologies has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 589.66%. Given Aduro Clean Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aduro Clean Technologies is more favorable than Chemours.

Insider & 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Chemours beats Aduro Clean Technologies on 7 of the 10 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 Aduro Clean Technologies

Aduro Clean Technologies is a developer of patented water-based technologies to chemically recycle waste plastics; convert heavy crude and bitumen into lighter, more valuable oil and transform renewable oils into higher-value fuels or renewable chemicals. Aduro Clean Technologies is based in LONDON, Ontario.