JKS vs. SHLS, CSIQ, SPWR, SEDG, PFHC, NRP, SPH, CLMT, AMRC, and ACDC
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), ProFrac (PFHC), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Suburban Propane Partners (SPH), Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT), Ameresco (AMRC), and ProFrac (ACDC).
Shoals Technologies Group (NASDAQ:SHLS) and JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) 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, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
35.8% of JinkoSolar shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Shoals Technologies Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of JinkoSolar 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.
Shoals Technologies Group has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JinkoSolar has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Shoals Technologies Group had 1 more articles in the media than JinkoSolar. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Shoals Technologies Group and 11 mentions for JinkoSolar. Shoals Technologies Group's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat JinkoSolar's score of 0.09 indicating that JinkoSolar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JinkoSolar received 209 more outperform votes than Shoals Technologies Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.03% of users gave JinkoSolar an outperform vote while only 47.10% of users gave Shoals Technologies Group an outperform vote.
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.
Shoals Technologies Group has a net margin of 8.18% compared to Shoals Technologies Group's net margin of 2.89%. JinkoSolar's return on equity of 16.02% beat Shoals Technologies Group's return on equity.
Shoals Technologies Group presently has a consensus target price of $20.94, suggesting a potential upside of 145.79%. JinkoSolar has a consensus target price of $26.60, suggesting a potential upside of 10.19%. Given JinkoSolar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Shoals Technologies Group is more favorable than JinkoSolar.
Summary
Shoals Technologies Group beats JinkoSolar on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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