RUN vs. FLNC, ENVX, FREY, YPF, WFRD, DEN, BE, HP, CPG, and SHLS
Should you be buying Sunrun stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunrun include Fluence Energy (FLNC), Enovix (ENVX), FREYR Battery (FREY), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Weatherford International (WFRD), Denbury (DEN), Bloom Energy (BE), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), and Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Sunrun vs.
Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Sunrun has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.73, suggesting that its stock price is 173% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sunrun has higher revenue and earnings than Fluence Energy. Fluence Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunrun, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sunrun received 548 more outperform votes than Fluence Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Sunrun an outperform vote while only 39.34% of users gave Fluence Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sunrun had 14 more articles in the media than Fluence Energy. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Sunrun and 4 mentions for Fluence Energy. Fluence Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Sunrun's score of 0.13 indicating that Fluence Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sunrun has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Fluence Energy's net margin of -7.52%. Sunrun's return on equity of 2.37% beat Fluence Energy's return on equity.
Sunrun currently has a consensus price target of $40.89, indicating a potential upside of 127.95%. Fluence Energy has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.80%. Given Sunrun's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Sunrun is more favorable than Fluence Energy.
86.2% of Sunrun shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.6% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Sunrun shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Sunrun beats Fluence Energy on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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