ENPH vs. AYI, GNRC, BDC, FELE, ENS, BRC, POWL, VICR, THR, and AMSC
Should you be buying Enphase Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enphase Energy include Acuity Brands (AYI), Generac (GNRC), Belden (BDC), Franklin Electric (FELE), EnerSys (ENS), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), Thermon Group (THR), and American Superconductor (AMSC). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Enphase Energy vs.
Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) and Enphase Energy (NASDAQ:ENPH) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enphase Energy has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Enphase Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Acuity Brands. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Enphase Energy and 17 mentions for Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Enphase Energy's score of 1.36 indicating that Acuity Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Acuity Brands currently has a consensus target price of $317.60, indicating a potential upside of 21.52%. Enphase Energy has a consensus target price of $68.87, indicating a potential upside of 45.62%. Given Enphase Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enphase Energy is more favorable than Acuity Brands.
Enphase Energy received 99 more outperform votes than Acuity Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.67% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 63.04% of users gave Enphase Energy an outperform vote.
Acuity Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Enphase Energy. Acuity Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enphase Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Acuity Brands has a net margin of 11.11% compared to Enphase Energy's net margin of 7.72%. Acuity Brands' return on equity of 19.98% beat Enphase Energy's return on equity.
98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Enphase Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acuity Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Enphase Energy 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.
Summary
Acuity Brands beats Enphase Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ENPH) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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