FSLR vs. ENPH, SEDG, WDS, EC, FANG, CTRA, PBA, OKE, TRGP, and HAL
Should you be buying First Solar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Solar include Enphase Energy (ENPH), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Ecopetrol (EC), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), ONEOK (OKE), Targa Resources (TRGP), and Halliburton (HAL). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
First Solar vs.
First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) and Enphase Energy (NASDAQ:ENPH) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Enphase Energy has a net margin of 18.83% compared to First Solar's net margin of 1.49%. Enphase Energy's return on equity of 74.86% beat First Solar's return on equity.
First Solar presently has a consensus target price of $210.92, suggesting a potential upside of 9.99%. Enphase Energy has a consensus target price of $280.48, suggesting a potential upside of 54.04%. Given Enphase Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enphase Energy is more favorable than First Solar.
81.0% of First Solar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Enphase Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of First Solar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Enphase Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
First Solar has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enphase Energy has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, First Solar had 1 more articles in the media than Enphase Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for First Solar and 12 mentions for Enphase Energy. Enphase Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat First Solar's score of 0.31 indicating that Enphase Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
First Solar received 322 more outperform votes than Enphase Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.43% of users gave Enphase Energy an outperform vote while only 55.47% of users gave First Solar an outperform vote.
Enphase Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Solar. Enphase Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Solar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Enphase Energy beats First Solar on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FSLR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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