Head to Head Survey: 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Volatility & Risk

General Enterprise Ventures has a beta of 5.33, indicating that its stock price is 433% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock 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 Ratings

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

	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 price target of $3.95, suggesting a potential upside of 156.49%. Given Standard Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than General Enterprise Ventures.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares General Enterprise Ventures and Standard Lithium”s 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	56.60	-$10.10 million	($0.08)	-10.00
Standard Lithium	N/A	N/A	$108.82 million	$0.59	2.61

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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Standard Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Standard Lithium beats General Enterprise Ventures on 11 of the 13 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.