JKS vs. SHLS, CSIQ, SPWR, SEDG, DMLP, CLMT, PFHC, SPH, NRP, and AMRC
Should you be buying JinkoSolar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JinkoSolar include Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), SunPower (SPWR), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT), ProFrac (PFHC), Suburban Propane Partners (SPH), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), and Ameresco (AMRC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) and Shoals Technologies Group (NASDAQ:SHLS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Shoals Technologies Group has a net margin of 6.42% compared to JinkoSolar's net margin of 2.74%. Shoals Technologies Group's return on equity of 13.95% beat JinkoSolar's return on equity.
JinkoSolar received 204 more outperform votes than Shoals Technologies Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.80% of users gave JinkoSolar an outperform vote while only 47.30% of users gave Shoals Technologies Group an outperform vote.
35.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Shoals Technologies Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
JinkoSolar has higher revenue and earnings than Shoals Technologies Group. JinkoSolar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shoals Technologies Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Shoals Technologies Group had 5 more articles in the media than JinkoSolar. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Shoals Technologies Group and 3 mentions for JinkoSolar. Shoals Technologies Group's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat JinkoSolar's score of 0.35 indicating that Shoals Technologies Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JinkoSolar currently has a consensus target price of $26.60, suggesting a potential downside of 2.92%. Shoals Technologies Group has a consensus target price of $17.29, suggesting a potential upside of 107.61%. Given Shoals Technologies Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shoals Technologies Group is more favorable than JinkoSolar.
JinkoSolar has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoals Technologies Group has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Shoals Technologies Group beats JinkoSolar on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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