ENS vs. ENPH, GNRC, AYI, FELE, WIRE, BDC, BRC, VICR, POWL, and THR
Should you be buying EnerSys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EnerSys include Enphase Energy (ENPH), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Franklin Electric (FELE), Encore Wire (WIRE), Belden (BDC), Brady (BRC), Vicor (VICR), Powell Industries (POWL), and Thermon Group (THR). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Enphase Energy (NASDAQ:ENPH) and EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Enphase Energy presently has a consensus target price of $129.70, suggesting a potential upside of 8.68%. EnerSys has a consensus target price of $116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.54%. Given EnerSys' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Enphase Energy is more favorable than EnerSys.
Enphase Energy received 386 more outperform votes than EnerSys when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.53% of users gave EnerSys an outperform vote while only 65.25% of users gave Enphase Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Enphase Energy had 65 more articles in the media than EnerSys. MarketBeat recorded 77 mentions for Enphase Energy and 12 mentions for EnerSys. Enphase Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat EnerSys' score of 0.35 indicating that EnerSys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Enphase Energy has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EnerSys has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enphase Energy has a net margin of 9.12% compared to Enphase Energy's net margin of 7.51%. Enphase Energy's return on equity of 20.21% beat EnerSys' return on equity.
72.1% of Enphase Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of EnerSys shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Enphase Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of EnerSys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Enphase Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EnerSys. EnerSys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enphase Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Enphase Energy beats EnerSys on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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