EVA vs. OESX, TISI, SUGP, TURN, INHD, ENG, ILAG, WLGS, CHCI, and GLT
Should you be buying Enviva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enviva include Orion Energy Systems (OESX), Team (TISI), SU Group (SUGP), 180 Degree Capital (TURN), Inno (INHD), ENGlobal (ENG), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), WANG & LEE GROUP (WLGS), Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI), and Glatfelter (GLT). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Orion Energy Systems (NASDAQ:OESX) and Enviva (NYSE:EVA) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Enviva received 79 more outperform votes than Orion Energy Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.36% of users gave Enviva an outperform vote while only 51.83% of users gave Orion Energy Systems an outperform vote.
52.6% of Orion Energy Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Enviva shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Orion Energy Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.1% of Enviva shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Orion Energy Systems has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enviva has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Orion Energy Systems has a net margin of -21.44% compared to Orion Energy Systems' net margin of -29.65%. Enviva's return on equity of -57.56% beat Orion Energy Systems' return on equity.
In the previous week, Orion Energy Systems had 2 more articles in the media than Enviva. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Orion Energy Systems and 1 mentions for Enviva. Enviva's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Orion Energy Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Orion Energy Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Orion Energy Systems currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 240.91%. Enviva has a consensus target price of $12.40, indicating a potential upside of 2,852.38%. Given Orion Energy Systems' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enviva is more favorable than Orion Energy Systems.
Orion Energy Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Enviva. Orion Energy Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enviva, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Orion Energy Systems beats Enviva on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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