SPWR vs. MAXN, CSIQ, SHLS, JKS, IREN, NOVA, SD, SKE, TTI, and GFR
Should you be buying SunPower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunPower include Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS), JinkoSolar (JKS), Iris Energy (IREN), Sunnova Energy International (NOVA), SandRidge Energy (SD), Skeena Resources (SKE), TETRA Technologies (TTI), and Greenfire Resources (GFR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
SunPower (NASDAQ:SPWR) and Maxeon Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:MAXN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
47.4% of SunPower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.7% of Maxeon Solar Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of SunPower shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SunPower presently has a consensus target price of $4.59, indicating a potential upside of 47.04%. Maxeon Solar Technologies has a consensus target price of $6.59, indicating a potential upside of 106.05%. Given Maxeon Solar Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Maxeon Solar Technologies is more favorable than SunPower.
SunPower received 602 more outperform votes than Maxeon Solar Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.14% of users gave SunPower an outperform vote while only 39.08% of users gave Maxeon Solar Technologies an outperform vote.
SunPower has higher revenue and earnings than Maxeon Solar Technologies. SunPower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maxeon Solar Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Maxeon Solar Technologies has a net margin of -13.56% compared to SunPower's net margin of -14.15%. SunPower's return on equity of -40.95% beat Maxeon Solar Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, SunPower had 6 more articles in the media than Maxeon Solar Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for SunPower and 9 mentions for Maxeon Solar Technologies. Maxeon Solar Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat SunPower's score of 0.48 indicating that Maxeon Solar Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SunPower has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maxeon Solar Technologies has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SunPower beats Maxeon Solar Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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