FCEL vs. ULBI, CBAT, FLUX, VICR, THR, AMSC, PLPC, LYTS, ENR, and SPB
Should you be buying FuelCell Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FuelCell Energy include Ultralife (ULBI), CBAK Energy Technology (CBAT), Flux Power (FLUX), Vicor (VICR), Thermon Group (THR), American Superconductor (AMSC), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), LSI Industries (LYTS), Energizer (ENR), and Spectrum Brands (SPB).
FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) and Ultralife (NASDAQ:ULBI) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
FuelCell Energy currently has a consensus target price of $1.83, suggesting a potential upside of 110.92%. Ultralife has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.27%. Given FuelCell Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FuelCell Energy is more favorable than Ultralife.
Ultralife has higher revenue and earnings than FuelCell Energy. FuelCell Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ultralife, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ultralife had 4 more articles in the media than FuelCell Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ultralife and 1 mentions for FuelCell Energy. Ultralife's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat FuelCell Energy's score of 1.05 indicating that Ultralife is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ultralife has a net margin of 6.19% compared to FuelCell Energy's net margin of -105.56%. Ultralife's return on equity of 10.31% beat FuelCell Energy's return on equity.
FuelCell Energy has a beta of 3.56, suggesting that its stock price is 256% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultralife has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
42.8% of FuelCell Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of Ultralife shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FuelCell Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Ultralife shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FuelCell Energy received 230 more outperform votes than Ultralife when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.51% of users gave Ultralife an outperform vote while only 65.55% of users gave FuelCell Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Ultralife beats FuelCell Energy on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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