EFOI vs. TBLT, RETO, WLGS, AENZ, ENG, ILAG, OESX, LYTS, AYI, and TURN
Should you be buying Energy Focus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energy Focus include ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), ReTo Eco-Solutions (RETO), WANG & LEE GROUP (WLGS), Aenza S.A.A. (AENZ), ENGlobal (ENG), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), Orion Energy Systems (OESX), LSI Industries (LYTS), Acuity Brands (AYI), and 180 Degree Capital (TURN). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Energy Focus (NASDAQ:EFOI) and ToughBuilt Industries (NASDAQ:TBLT) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Energy Focus had 2 more articles in the media than ToughBuilt Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Energy Focus and 0 mentions for ToughBuilt Industries. Energy Focus' average media sentiment score of -0.12 beat ToughBuilt Industries' score of -1.00 indicating that Energy Focus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ToughBuilt Industries has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 981.67%. Given ToughBuilt Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ToughBuilt Industries is more favorable than Energy Focus.
0.9% of Energy Focus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.6% of ToughBuilt Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.6% of Energy Focus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of ToughBuilt Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Energy Focus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ToughBuilt Industries. Energy Focus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ToughBuilt Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Energy Focus received 174 more outperform votes than ToughBuilt Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave ToughBuilt Industries an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Energy Focus an outperform vote.
ToughBuilt Industries has a net margin of -22.34% compared to Energy Focus' net margin of -169.36%. ToughBuilt Industries' return on equity of -140.05% beat Energy Focus' return on equity.
Energy Focus has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ToughBuilt Industries has a beta of 2.51, suggesting that its share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ToughBuilt Industries beats Energy Focus on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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