ENS vs. ENPH, GNRC, AYI, WIRE, FELE, BDC, BRC, POWL, VICR, and THR
Should you be buying EnerSys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EnerSys include Enphase Energy (ENPH), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Encore Wire (WIRE), Franklin Electric (FELE), Belden (BDC), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), and Thermon Group (THR). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) and Enphase Energy (NASDAQ:ENPH) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Enphase Energy has a net margin of 15.10% compared to EnerSys' net margin of 7.51%. Enphase Energy's return on equity of 31.89% beat EnerSys' return on equity.
EnerSys currently has a consensus price target of $126.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.94%. Enphase Energy has a consensus price target of $136.68, suggesting a potential upside of 6.05%. Given EnerSys' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe EnerSys is more favorable than Enphase Energy.
EnerSys has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enphase Energy has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
94.9% of EnerSys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Enphase Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of EnerSys shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Enphase Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Enphase Energy received 379 more outperform votes than EnerSys when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.37% of users gave EnerSys an outperform vote while only 65.23% of users gave Enphase Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Enphase Energy had 23 more articles in the media than EnerSys. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Enphase Energy and 8 mentions for EnerSys. EnerSys' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Enphase Energy's score of 0.35 indicating that EnerSys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enphase Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EnerSys. EnerSys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enphase Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Enphase Energy beats EnerSys on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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