BE vs. BSM, FLNC, HCC, AROC, CRK, NEP, PAGP, ARCH, CNX, and CVI
Should you be buying Bloom Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloom Energy include Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Fluence Energy (FLNC), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), Archrock (AROC), Comstock Resources (CRK), NextEra Energy Partners (NEP), Plains GP (PAGP), Arch Resources (ARCH), CNX Resources (CNX), and CVR Energy (CVI). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Black Stone Minerals received 46 more outperform votes than Bloom Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.88% of users gave Bloom Energy an outperform vote while only 60.33% of users gave Black Stone Minerals an outperform vote.
Bloom Energy has a beta of 2.77, meaning that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Stone Minerals has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Black Stone Minerals has a net margin of 66.29% compared to Bloom Energy's net margin of -22.27%. Black Stone Minerals' return on equity of 38.71% beat Bloom Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Bloom Energy had 30 more articles in the media than Black Stone Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Bloom Energy and 1 mentions for Black Stone Minerals. Bloom Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Black Stone Minerals' score of 0.00 indicating that Bloom Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Bloom Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Black Stone Minerals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bloom Energy. Bloom Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Black Stone Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bloom Energy currently has a consensus price target of $15.64, suggesting a potential downside of 6.52%. Black Stone Minerals has a consensus price target of $19.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.22%. Given Black Stone Minerals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Black Stone Minerals is more favorable than Bloom Energy.
Summary
Black Stone Minerals beats Bloom Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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