EFOI vs. CEAD, ENG, ILAG, WLGS, TBLT, INHD, OESX, LYTS, AYI, and RETO
Should you be buying Energy Focus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energy Focus include CEA Industries (CEAD), ENGlobal (ENG), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), WANG & LEE GROUP (WLGS), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), Inno (INHD), Orion Energy Systems (OESX), LSI Industries (LYTS), Acuity Brands (AYI), and ReTo Eco-Solutions (RETO). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
CEA Industries (NASDAQ:CEAD) and Energy Focus (NASDAQ:EFOI) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
21.6% of CEA Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.7% of Energy Focus shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of CEA Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.6% of Energy Focus shares are held 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.
CEA Industries has a net margin of -42.13% compared to CEA Industries' net margin of -75.09%. Energy Focus' return on equity of -21.48% beat CEA Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, CEA Industries and CEA Industries both had 3 articles in the media. Energy Focus' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat CEA Industries' score of 0.04 indicating that CEA Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Energy Focus received 252 more outperform votes than CEA Industries when rated by MarketBeat users.
CEA Industries has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Focus has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CEA Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Energy Focus. CEA Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Focus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CEA Industries beats Energy Focus on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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