Array Technologies (ARRY) Competitors

ALLETE (NYSE:ALE) and Array Technologies (NASDAQ:ARRY) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Is ALE or ARRY more profitable?

ALLETE has a net margin of 11.72% compared to Array Technologies' net margin of -9.59%. Array Technologies' return on equity of 75.57% beat ALLETE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ALLETE	11.72%	5.97%	3.03%
Array Technologies	-9.59%	75.57%	8.71%

Which has more volatility & risk, ALE or ARRY?

ALLETE has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Array Technologies has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ALE or ARRY?

76.6% of ALLETE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ALLETE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Array Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ALE or ARRY?

Array Technologies has a consensus price target of $9.18, suggesting a potential upside of 18.85%. Given Array Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Array Technologies is more favorable than ALLETE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ALLETE	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Array Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.48

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ALE or ARRY?

ALLETE has higher revenue and earnings than Array Technologies. Array Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ALLETE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ALLETE	$1.53B	2.48	$179.30M	$3.19	20.48
Array Technologies	$1.06B	1.11	$137.24M	-$1.85	-4.17

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALE or ARRY?

Array Technologies received 317 more outperform votes than ALLETE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.08% of users gave Array Technologies an outperform vote while only 49.57% of users gave ALLETE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ALLETE	Outperform Votes 287 49.57%	Underperform Votes 292 50.43%
Array Technologies	Outperform Votes 604 66.08%	Underperform Votes 310 33.92%

Does the media refer more to ALE or ARRY?

In the previous week, ALLETE had 1 more articles in the media than Array Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ALLETE and 2 mentions for Array Technologies. ALLETE's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Array Technologies' score of 1.64 indicating that ALLETE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ALLETE	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Array Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

ALLETE beats Array Technologies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.