NOVA vs. UTL, GNE, VIA, ALCE, VVPR, DUK, PCG, PEG, EXC, and ED
Should you be buying Sunnova Energy International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunnova Energy International include Unitil (UTL), Genie Energy (GNE), Via Renewables (VIA), Alternus Clean Energy (ALCE), VivoPower International (VVPR), Duke Energy (DUK), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Exelon (EXC), and Consolidated Edison (ED). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
Unitil (NYSE:UTL) and Sunnova Energy International (NYSE:NOVA) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Unitil presently has a consensus target price of $51.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.84%. Sunnova Energy International has a consensus target price of $15.88, indicating a potential upside of 254.57%. Given Unitil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sunnova Energy International is more favorable than Unitil.
Unitil has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sunnova Energy International. Sunnova Energy International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unitil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Unitil has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunnova Energy International has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sunnova Energy International had 8 more articles in the media than Unitil. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Sunnova Energy International and 0 mentions for Unitil. Unitil's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Sunnova Energy International's score of 0.50 indicating that Sunnova Energy International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.8% of Unitil shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Unitil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Sunnova Energy International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Unitil received 241 more outperform votes than Sunnova Energy International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.79% of users gave Unitil an outperform vote while only 56.40% of users gave Sunnova Energy International an outperform vote.
Unitil has a net margin of 9.37% compared to Unitil's net margin of -56.52%. Sunnova Energy International's return on equity of 9.84% beat Unitil's return on equity.
Summary
Unitil beats Sunnova Energy International on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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