BE vs. WWD, PLUG, NPWR, HOLI, THR, BLDP, FCEL, EAF, HYZN, and ENCP
Should you be buying Bloom Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloom Energy include Woodward (WWD), Plug Power (PLUG), NET Power (NPWR), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Thermon Group (THR), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), GrafTech International (EAF), Hyzon Motors (HYZN), and Energem (ENCP). These companies are all part of the "electrical industrial apparatus" industry.
Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Woodward has a net margin of 11.09% compared to Bloom Energy's net margin of -22.27%. Woodward's return on equity of 16.50% beat Bloom Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Bloom Energy and Bloom Energy both had 6 articles in the media. Woodward's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Bloom Energy's score of 0.78 indicating that Woodward is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Woodward has higher revenue and earnings than Bloom Energy. Bloom Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodward, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bloom Energy has a beta of 2.83, meaning that its stock price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodward has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Woodward shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.8% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Woodward shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bloom Energy currently has a consensus price target of $15.64, suggesting a potential upside of 5.38%. Woodward has a consensus price target of $174.38, suggesting a potential downside of 4.30%. Given Bloom Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bloom Energy is more favorable than Woodward.
Woodward received 101 more outperform votes than Bloom Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.98% of users gave Bloom Energy an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Woodward an outperform vote.
Summary
Woodward beats Bloom Energy on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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