ENPH vs. FSLR, MRO, OVV, EQT, WES, TPL, PR, PAA, CHK, and DINO
Should you be buying Enphase Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enphase Energy include First Solar (FSLR), Marathon Oil (MRO), Ovintiv (OVV), EQT (EQT), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Permian Resources (PR), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), and HF Sinclair (DINO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Enphase Energy (NASDAQ:ENPH) and First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
72.1% of Enphase Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of First Solar shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Enphase Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of First Solar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
First Solar has higher revenue and earnings than Enphase Energy. First Solar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enphase Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Solar received 313 more outperform votes than Enphase Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.17% of users gave Enphase Energy an outperform vote while only 55.28% of users gave First Solar an outperform vote.
Enphase Energy currently has a consensus price target of $137.41, indicating a potential upside of 22.76%. First Solar has a consensus price target of $231.36, indicating a potential upside of 29.45%. Given First Solar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Solar is more favorable than Enphase Energy.
First Solar has a net margin of 25.03% compared to Enphase Energy's net margin of 15.10%. Enphase Energy's return on equity of 31.89% beat First Solar's return on equity.
Enphase Energy has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Solar has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Enphase Energy had 74 more articles in the media than First Solar. MarketBeat recorded 95 mentions for Enphase Energy and 21 mentions for First Solar. First Solar's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Enphase Energy's score of 0.33 indicating that First Solar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
First Solar beats Enphase Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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