POLA vs. GWH, UTME, EFOI, CCTG, STI, TRNR, ADN, HYZN, MKDW, and WTO
Should you be buying Polar Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polar Power include ESS Tech (GWH), UTime (UTME), Energy Focus (EFOI), CCSC Technology International (CCTG), Solidion Technology (STI), Interactive Strength (TRNR), Advent Technologies (ADN), Hyzon Motors (HYZN), MKDWELL Tech (MKDW), and UTime (WTO). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment" industry.
Polar Power vs. Its Competitors
ESS Tech (NYSE:GWH) and Polar Power (NASDAQ:POLA) are both small-cap electrical equipment companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Polar Power has a net margin of -27.30% compared to ESS Tech's net margin of -2,067.81%. Polar Power's return on equity of -39.10% beat ESS Tech's return on equity.
ESS Tech presently has a consensus price target of $8.92, suggesting a potential upside of 467.94%. Given ESS Tech's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ESS Tech is more favorable than Polar Power.
ESS Tech has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Power has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ESS Tech and ESS Tech both had 1 articles in the media. ESS Tech's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Polar Power's score of 0.26 indicating that ESS Tech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
46.8% of ESS Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Polar Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of ESS Tech shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.5% of Polar Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Polar Power has higher revenue and earnings than ESS Tech. Polar Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESS Tech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Polar Power beats ESS Tech on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:POLA) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff