VIA vs. ALCE, VVPR, DUK, PCG, PEG, EXC, ED, XEL, WEC, and AEE
Should you be buying Via Renewables stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Via Renewables include Alternus Clean Energy (ALCE), VivoPower International (VVPR), Duke Energy (DUK), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Exelon (EXC), Consolidated Edison (ED), Xcel Energy (XEL), WEC Energy Group (WEC), and Ameren (AEE). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
Via Renewables (NASDAQ:VIA) and Alternus Clean Energy (NASDAQ:ALCE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
Via Renewables received 2 more outperform votes than Alternus Clean Energy when rated by MarketBeat users.
Via Renewables has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alternus Clean Energy has a beta of -0.58, suggesting that its share price is 158% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Via Renewables had 1 more articles in the media than Alternus Clean Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Via Renewables and 1 mentions for Alternus Clean Energy. Alternus Clean Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Via Renewables' score of 0.30 indicating that Alternus Clean Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Via Renewables has higher revenue and earnings than Alternus Clean Energy.
74.4% of Via Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. 66.2% of Via Renewables shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Alternus Clean Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Via Renewables has a net margin of 5.68% compared to Alternus Clean Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Via Renewables' return on equity of 57.36% beat Alternus Clean Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Via Renewables beats Alternus Clean Energy on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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