OESX vs. EFOI, TISI, SUGP, TURN, EVA, INHD, NWGL, ILAG, ENG, and WLGS
Should you be buying Orion Energy Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion Energy Systems include Energy Focus (EFOI), Team (TISI), SU Group (SUGP), 180 Degree Capital (TURN), Enviva (EVA), Inno (INHD), Nature Wood Group (NWGL), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), ENGlobal (ENG), and WANG & LEE GROUP (WLGS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Energy Focus (NASDAQ:EFOI) and Orion Energy Systems (NASDAQ:OESX) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Energy Focus had 1 more articles in the media than Orion Energy Systems. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Energy Focus and 1 mentions for Orion Energy Systems. Energy Focus' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Orion Energy Systems' score of -0.95 indicating that Orion Energy Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Orion Energy Systems has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 249.16%. Given Energy Focus' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Orion Energy Systems is more favorable than Energy Focus.
Orion Energy Systems has a net margin of -21.44% compared to Orion Energy Systems' net margin of -75.09%. Energy Focus' return on equity of -57.56% beat Orion Energy Systems' return on equity.
3.7% of Energy Focus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Orion Energy Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.6% of Energy Focus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Orion Energy Systems shares are owned 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.
Orion Energy Systems received 3 more outperform votes than Energy Focus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.07% of users gave Energy Focus an outperform vote while only 51.31% of users gave Orion Energy Systems an outperform vote.
Energy Focus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Orion Energy Systems. Orion Energy Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Focus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Energy Focus has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion Energy Systems has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Orion Energy Systems beats Energy Focus on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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