Pineapple Energy (PEGY) Competitors

Pineapple Energy (NASDAQ:PEGY) and Alpine 4 (NASDAQ:ALPP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PEGY or ALPP?

4.2% of Pineapple Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.4% of Alpine 4 shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Pineapple Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.1% of Alpine 4 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PEGY or ALPP?

Alpine 4 received 4 more outperform votes than Pineapple Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Alpine 4 an outperform vote while only 75.00% of users gave Pineapple Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pineapple Energy	Outperform Votes 3 75.00%	Underperform Votes 1 25.00%
Alpine 4	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PEGY or ALPP?

Pineapple Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alpine 4.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pineapple Energy	$60.93M	0.07	-$8.13M	N/A	N/A
Alpine 4	$104.20M	0.00	-$12.88M	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor PEGY or ALPP?

In the previous week, Pineapple Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Alpine 4. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pineapple Energy and 0 mentions for Alpine 4. Pineapple Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Alpine 4's score of 0.00 indicating that Pineapple Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pineapple Energy	Positive
Alpine 4	Neutral

Is PEGY or ALPP more profitable?

Alpine 4 has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Pineapple Energy's net margin of -17.55%. Alpine 4's return on equity of 0.00% beat Pineapple Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pineapple Energy	-17.55%	-373.78%	-19.77%
Alpine 4	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, PEGY or ALPP?

Pineapple Energy has a beta of 2.81, meaning that its share price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpine 4 has a beta of -3.37, meaning that its share price is 437% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alpine 4 beats Pineapple Energy on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.