BLGO vs CDZI vs BBUC Stock Comparison

Biolargo, Cadiz and Brookfield Business Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BLGO Biolargo, Inc.
$0.07 -22.2% 1M -56.3% 1Y
Market cap
$23.01M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.08M
Div. yield
–
Water Treatment Industrials
1 win
CDZI Cadiz Inc
$4.34 +18.9% 1M -17.2% 1Y
Market cap
$365.26M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$14.34M
Div. yield
–
Water Treatment Industrials
3 wins
BBUC Brookfield Business Corp
$27.67 +8.8% 1M -24.6% 1Y
Market cap
$2.43B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$26.95B
Div. yield
2.93%
Engineering and Construction Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Brookfield Business leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Brookfield Business 4, Cadiz 3, Biolargo 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLGOCDZIBBUCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $23.01M $365.26M $2.43B BBUC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.6x -8.9x -29.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 3.1x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -70.9% -4.8% -10.5% CDZI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -354.8% -286.1% -0.3% BBUC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.2x — 5.4x BLGO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 2.93% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -56.3% -17.2% -24.6% CDZI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -16.3%/yr -6.4%/yr — CDZI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 91.8% 66.6% 36.4% BBUC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 9/100 19/100 53/100 BBUC

Percentile Scorecard

BLGOCDZIBBUC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBLGOCDZIBBUC
Valuation 1 #321 of 325 3 #317 of 325 100 #1 of 22
Growth 2 #252 of 257 38 #159 of 257 25 #7 of 9
Profitability 14 #210 of 244 18 #200 of 244 71 #3 of 8
Financial Health 10 #346 of 384 16 #322 of 384 15 #23 of 27
Shareholder Returns 18 #127 of 155 – –
Overall 9 19 53
  • BLGO ranked among 389 companies in Industrials
  • CDZI ranked among 389 companies in Industrials
  • BBUC ranked among 27 companies in Construction Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBLGOCDZIBBUCSPY
1 month -22.2%+18.9%+8.8% -0.8%
3 months -36.4%+40.9%-12.0% +3.5%
6 months -53.3%-3.6%-17.4% +7.0%
Year to date -61.1%-22.6%-22.9% +12.2%
1 year -56.3%-17.2%-24.6% +13.0%
3 years -56.3%+57.2%+95.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year -24.1%+16.3%+25.0% +23.1%
5 years -58.8%-28.1%— +68.6%
5 years, per year -16.3%-6.4%— +11.0%
10 years -89.9%-40.5%— +258.0%
10 years, per year -20.5%-5.1%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBLGOCDZIBBUCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 91.8%66.6%36.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 135.9%64.5%39.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.231.430.98 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.61-0.26-0.68 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.5%-75.0%-61.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -65.0%-37.3%-26.5% -1.8%
52-week high $0.20$6.92$37.64 $779.14
52-week low $0.07$2.98$25.06 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBLGOCDZIBBUC
P/E now vs peer median -1.6xmedian 18.0x -8.9xmedian 18.0x -29.5xmedian 36.1x
P/S now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 1.4x 25.5xmedian 1.4x 0.1xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -1.4xmedian 11.1x —median 11.1x 5.8xmedian 5.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -2.2xmedian 14.4x —median 14.4x 0.9xmedian 18.5x
P/B now vs peer median -8.4xmedian 1.2x 78.3xmedian 1.2x 0.2xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.92 2.12median 0.92 —median 1.34

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBLGOCDZIBBUC
Revenue $4.08M $14.34M $26.95B
Gross profit $1.63M $4.25M $5.31B
Operating income -$18.12M -$26.90M $4.15B
Net income -$18.79M -$35.98M $305.00M
Free cash flow -$10.56M – $2.70B
R&D $3.27M – –
EPS (diluted) – $-1,199.69 –
Cash & equivalents $2.19M $5.32M $3.45B
Total debt $4.85M $278.50M $43.93B
Shares (diluted) – 34.19K –
Enterprise value $7.39M $333.71M -$2.35B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBLGOCDZIBBUC
P/E -1.6x -8.9x -29.5x
P/FCF -2.2x – 0.9x
P/Operating cash flow -2.2x – 0.9x
P/S 5.6x 25.5x 0.1x
P/B -8.4x 78.3x 0.2x
P/Tangible book -8.4x 78.3x -1.0x
EV/EBITDA -1.4x – 5.8x
EV/EBIT -1.4x -16.6x 10.0x
EV/Revenue 6.3x 31.2x 1.5x
EV/FCF -2.4x – 15.4x
EV/Operating cash flow -2.5x – 15.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 2.12 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLGOCDZIBBUC
Revenue growth (1Y) -70.9% -4.8% -10.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -22.5% 89.3% -13.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -74.4% -12.7% -13.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -27.8% 97.5% 5.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -185.8% -8.9% -15.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -60.3% -12.0% 9.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -184.9% -9.9% -70.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -62.6% -4.9% -3.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – -8.4% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -4.2% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -37.9% – -34.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -62.1% – 54.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -40.8% – -34.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -57.1% – 51.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLGOCDZIBBUC
Gross margin 40.0% 29.6% 19.7%
EBITDA margin -434.2% – 26.8%
Operating margin -443.9% -187.6% 15.4%
Pretax margin -458.1% -250.5% 1.4%
Net margin -354.8% -286.1% -0.3%
FCF margin -258.6% – 10.0%
Operating cash flow margin -252.8% – 10.0%
Return on equity – -257.3% –
Return on assets -246.7% -26.1% 0.4%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed -635.4% -21.0% 6.4%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.1x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x – 8.9x
Stock comp / revenue 59.3% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLGOCDZIBBUC
Debt / assets 72.8% 64.5% 55.7%
Debt / equity -1.8x 18.6x 2.8x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.2x – 5.4x
Debt / FCF -0.5x – 16.2x
Liabilities / assets 140.9% 96.5% 80.4%
Equity / assets -40.9% 3.5% 19.6%
Interest coverage -22.5x -2.9x –
Current ratio 0.7x 1.2x 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.9x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.5x 0.4x
Altman Z-score -42.03 -6.25 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLGOCDZIBBUC
Dividend yield – – 2.9%
Net buyback yield -2.5% – –
Shareholder yield -2.5% – 2.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 31.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 3.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -2.3%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBLGOCDZIBBUC
Forward P/E – – 3.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.05FY2026 $-0.54FY2026 $8.99FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +54.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +9.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.48MFY2026 $8.61MFY2026 $5.12BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -29.4%FY2026 -47.2%FY2026 -51.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +180.2% +109.5% -100.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLGOCDZIBBUC
Held by institutions – 46.7% 55.0%
Institutions holding – 117 149
Change in shares held, QoQ – +4.0% +13.5%
Institutions buying – 54 93
Institutions selling – 39 33
Buyers to sellers – 1.38 2.82

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BLGOCDZIBBUC
BLGO 1.00 -0.07 -0.08
CDZI -0.07 1.00 0.19
BBUC -0.08 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLGO, CDZI and BBUC?

Brookfield Business (BBUC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Biolargo (BLGO) $23.01M, Cadiz (CDZI) $365.26M, Brookfield Business (BBUC) $2.43B.

Which company is growing faster?

Cadiz (CDZI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Biolargo (BLGO) -70.9%, Cadiz (CDZI) -4.8%, Brookfield Business (BBUC) -10.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Brookfield Business (BBUC) has the highest net margin (Biolargo (BLGO) -354.8%, Cadiz (CDZI) -286.1%, Brookfield Business (BBUC) -0.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cadiz (CDZI) returned the most: Biolargo (BLGO) -56.3%, Cadiz (CDZI) -17.2%, Brookfield Business (BBUC) -24.6%. Over five years, Cadiz (CDZI) compounded fastest (Biolargo (BLGO) -16.3%/yr, Cadiz (CDZI) -6.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Brookfield Business (BBUC) 2.93%. Biolargo (BLGO) and Cadiz (CDZI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Brookfield Business (BBUC) has been the steadiest (Biolargo (BLGO) 91.8%, Cadiz (CDZI) 66.6%, Brookfield Business (BBUC) 36.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BLGO, CDZI and BBUC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Brookfield Business (BBUC) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.