Reviewing Comstock (NYSE:LODE) and Keyuan Petrochemicals (OTCMKTS:KEYP)

Keyuan Petrochemicals (OTCMKTS:KEYP) and Comstock (NYSE:LODE) are both small-cap manufacturing 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.

Profitability

This table compares Keyuan Petrochemicals and Comstock’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keyuan Petrochemicals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Comstock	-1,210.13%	-33.56%	-23.62%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Keyuan Petrochemicals and Comstock, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Keyuan Petrochemicals	0	0	0	0	0.00
Comstock	0	1	0	0	2.00

Comstock has a consensus target price of $2.60, suggesting a potential upside of 390.57%. Given Comstock’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Comstock is more favorable than Keyuan Petrochemicals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Keyuan Petrochemicals and Comstock”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Keyuan Petrochemicals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Comstock	$1.86 million	62.27	$9.16 million	($0.12)	-4.42

Comstock has higher revenue and earnings than Keyuan Petrochemicals.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

8.0% of Comstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Comstock 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

Comstock beats Keyuan Petrochemicals on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Keyuan Petrochemicals

Keyuan Petrochemicals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, Ningbo Keyuan, Ningbo Keyuan Petrochemicals, Keyuan Synthetic Rubbers, Guangxi Keyuan and Zhongkexuneng, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of petrochemical products and rubber in the People’s Republic of China. The Company’s segments include the manufacture and sale of petrochemical products (petrochemical segment) and the manufacture and sale of rubber products (rubber segment). The Petrochemicals Segment includes the manufacturing and sales of mixed light aromatics, mixed heavy aromatics, fine propylene, propane, butane, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), methyltert-butylether and styrene. The Rubber Segment includes the manufacturing and sales of various rubber products. It manufactures and supplies various petrochemical and rubber products, including petrochemical products, such as Benzene Toluene-Xylene Aromatics (BTX Aromatics), propylene, styrene, LPG, Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) and rubber products.

About Comstock

Comstock Inc. engages in the systemic decarbonization business in Nevada and internationally. It operates through Renewable Energy, Mining, and Strategic and Other Investments segments. It will develop technology for the deploying of extraction and refining facilities that convert wasted and unused biomass and other natural resources; and a demonstration system to extract black mass containing lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt, manganese, copper, aluminum, and other metals from up to lithium-ion batteries. The company also owns the Lucerne Project located in the Storey County, Nevada; and the Spring Valley Project situated in the Lyon County, Nevada. In addition, it offers upstream and downstream design, engineering, fabrication, procurement, and construction solutions; and invests in non-mining real estate investments. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Virginia City, Nevada.