Critical Review: Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI) versus General Enterprise Ventures (OTCMKTS:GEVI)

General Enterprise Ventures (OTCMKTS:GEVI) and Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

General Enterprise Ventures has a beta of 5.24, suggesting that its share price is 424% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares General Enterprise Ventures and Standard Lithium’s 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%
Standard Lithium	N/A	-11.52%	-10.25%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for General Enterprise Ventures and Standard Lithium, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
General Enterprise Ventures	0	0	0	0	0.00
Standard Lithium	0	0	2	0	3.00

Standard Lithium has a consensus target price of $3.95, suggesting a potential upside of 154.84%. Given Standard Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than General Enterprise Ventures.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares General Enterprise Ventures and Standard Lithium”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
General Enterprise Ventures	$520,000.00	63.16	-$10.10 million	($0.08)	-11.16
Standard Lithium	N/A	N/A	$108.82 million	$0.59	2.63

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Standard Lithium beats General Enterprise Ventures on 10 of the 12 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 Standard Lithium

Standard Lithium Ltd. explores for, develops, and processes lithium brine properties in the United States. Its flagship project is the Lanxess project with area of approximately 150,000 acres located in southern Arkansas. The company was formerly known as Patriot Petroleum Corp. and changed its name to Standard Lithium Ltd. in December 2016. Standard Lithium Ltd. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.