EFOI vs. CEAD, WLGS, ENG, ILAG, INHD, SUGP, OESX, LYTS, AYI, and TBLT
Should you be buying Energy Focus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energy Focus include CEA Industries (CEAD), WANG & LEE GROUP (WLGS), ENGlobal (ENG), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), Inno (INHD), SU Group (SUGP), Orion Energy Systems (OESX), LSI Industries (LYTS), Acuity Brands (AYI), and ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Energy Focus (NASDAQ:EFOI) and CEA Industries (NASDAQ:CEAD) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Energy Focus had 2 more articles in the media than CEA Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Energy Focus and 0 mentions for CEA Industries. CEA Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Energy Focus' score of -0.24 indicating that CEA Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CEA Industries has a net margin of -42.13% compared to Energy Focus' net margin of -75.09%. CEA Industries' return on equity of -21.48% beat Energy Focus' return on equity.
CEA Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Energy Focus. CEA Industries 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 received 252 more outperform votes than CEA Industries when rated by MarketBeat users.
3.7% of Energy Focus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of CEA Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 33.6% of Energy Focus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of CEA Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Energy Focus has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEA Industries has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CEA Industries beats Energy Focus on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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