Analyzing FMC (NYSE:FMC) and Aduro Clean Technologies (NASDAQ:ADUR)

Aduro Clean Technologies (NASDAQ:ADUR) and FMC (NYSE:FMC) are both companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Aduro Clean Technologies and FMC, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aduro Clean Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
FMC	0	9	4	1	2.43

FMC has a consensus target price of $63.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.50%. Given FMC’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FMC is more favorable than Aduro Clean Technologies.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aduro Clean Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
FMC	34.93%	7.68%	2.86%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Aduro Clean Technologies and FMC”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aduro Clean Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FMC	$4.49 billion	1.55	$1.32 billion	$11.62	4.79

FMC has higher revenue and earnings than Aduro Clean Technologies.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.9% of FMC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of FMC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

FMC beats Aduro Clean Technologies on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.