BYRN vs. FCEL, ULBI, MVST, AMPX, VSTA, SHAP, LSAK, PRTH, BLDE, and ADTH
Should you be buying Byrna Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Byrna Technologies include FuelCell Energy (FCEL), Ultralife (ULBI), Microvast (MVST), Amprius Technologies (AMPX), Vasta Platform (VSTA), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Lesaka Technologies (LSAK), Priority Technology (PRTH), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), and AdTheorent (ADTH).
Byrna Technologies (NASDAQ:BYRN) and FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
FuelCell Energy received 481 more outperform votes than Byrna Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Byrna Technologies an outperform vote while only 65.55% of users gave FuelCell Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, FuelCell Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Byrna Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for FuelCell Energy and 3 mentions for Byrna Technologies. FuelCell Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Byrna Technologies' score of 0.43 indicating that FuelCell Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Byrna Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.29%. FuelCell Energy has a consensus price target of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 149.19%. Given FuelCell Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FuelCell Energy is more favorable than Byrna Technologies.
Byrna Technologies has a net margin of -11.83% compared to FuelCell Energy's net margin of -105.56%. Byrna Technologies' return on equity of -13.16% beat FuelCell Energy's return on equity.
Byrna Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FuelCell Energy. Byrna Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FuelCell Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
25.5% of Byrna Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of FuelCell Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Byrna Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FuelCell Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Byrna Technologies has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FuelCell Energy has a beta of 3.83, indicating that its stock price is 283% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Byrna Technologies and FuelCell Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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