SolarBank (SUUN) Competitors

SolarBank (NASDAQ:SUUN) and Pure Cycle (NASDAQ:PCYO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Do analysts prefer SUUN or PCYO?

SolarBank presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 246.82%. Given SolarBank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SolarBank is more favorable than Pure Cycle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SolarBank	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Pure Cycle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor SUUN or PCYO?

In the previous week, SolarBank had 9 more articles in the media than Pure Cycle. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for SolarBank and 1 mentions for Pure Cycle. Pure Cycle's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat SolarBank's score of -0.12 indicating that Pure Cycle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SolarBank	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pure Cycle	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SUUN or PCYO?

Pure Cycle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SolarBank. SolarBank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pure Cycle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SolarBank	$37.08M	1.51	-$2.56M	-$0.45	-3.84
Pure Cycle	$29.91M	8.69	$11.61M	$0.58	18.60

Is SUUN or PCYO more profitable?

Pure Cycle has a net margin of 46.32% compared to SolarBank's net margin of -10.64%. Pure Cycle's return on equity of 10.54% beat SolarBank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SolarBank	-10.64%	-15.19%	-6.41%
Pure Cycle	46.32%	10.54%	9.36%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SUUN or PCYO?

51.4% of Pure Cycle shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of Pure Cycle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SUUN or PCYO?

Pure Cycle received 179 more outperform votes than SolarBank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave SolarBank an outperform vote while only 67.66% of users gave Pure Cycle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SolarBank	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Pure Cycle	Outperform Votes 182 67.66%	Underperform Votes 87 32.34%

Summary

Pure Cycle beats SolarBank on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.