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GWH vs. ULBI, STEM, ZEO, CBAT, RAYA, SCWO, LASE, WTMA, FLUX, and PPSI

Should you be buying ESS Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESS Tech include Ultralife (ULBI), Stem (STEM), Zeo Energy (ZEO), CBAK Energy Technology (CBAT), Erayak Power Solution Group (RAYA), 374Water (SCWO), Laser Photonics (LASE), Welsbach Technology Metals Acquisition (WTMA), Flux Power (FLUX), and Pioneer Power Solutions (PPSI). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment" industry.

ESS Tech vs.

Ultralife (NASDAQ:ULBI) and ESS Tech (NYSE:GWH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

30.7% of Ultralife shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of ESS Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.9% of Ultralife shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of ESS Tech shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ultralife received 253 more outperform votes than ESS Tech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.85% of users gave Ultralife an outperform vote while only 30.61% of users gave ESS Tech an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UltralifeOutperform Votes
268
71.85%
Underperform Votes
105
28.15%
ESS TechOutperform Votes
15
30.61%
Underperform Votes
34
69.39%

Ultralife has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESS Tech has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Ultralife had 2 more articles in the media than ESS Tech. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ultralife and 7 mentions for ESS Tech. Ultralife's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat ESS Tech's score of 0.54 indicating that Ultralife is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ultralife
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ESS Tech
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ultralife currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 159.74%. ESS Tech has a consensus target price of $8.92, suggesting a potential upside of 394.00%. Given ESS Tech's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ESS Tech is more favorable than Ultralife.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ultralife
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
ESS Tech
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.78

Ultralife has a net margin of 5.44% compared to ESS Tech's net margin of -1,263.79%. Ultralife's return on equity of 7.92% beat ESS Tech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ultralife5.44% 7.92% 5.90%
ESS Tech -1,263.79%-101.96%-66.46%

Ultralife has higher revenue and earnings than ESS Tech. ESS Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ultralife, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ultralife$173.28M0.52$7.20M$0.3216.84
ESS Tech$4.16M5.26-$77.58M-$7.17-0.25

Summary

Ultralife beats ESS Tech on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GWH vs. The Competition

MetricESS Techelectrical machinery, equipment, & supplies IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$21.85M$807.42M$25.13B$19.39B
Dividend YieldN/A2.70%2.90%3.84%
P/E Ratio-0.289.1144.6034.27
Price / Sales5.268.422,089.9034.85
Price / CashN/A15.9534.7917.51
Price / Book0.208.596.654.69
Net Income-$77.58M-$70.66M$740.65M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-33.15%-4.71%-0.89%-1.33%
1 Month Performance-9.75%13.28%14.51%9.79%
1 Year Performance-83.91%13.46%52,510.53%3.27%

ESS Tech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GWH
ESS Tech
2.2654 of 5 stars
$1.81
-7.9%
$8.92
+394.0%
-83.8%$21.85M$4.16M-0.28270Earnings Report
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ULBI
Ultralife
3.4708 of 5 stars
$5.61
-2.1%
$14.00
+149.6%
-50.3%$93.31M$173.28M10.20560Positive News
STEM
Stem
3.0428 of 5 stars
$0.54
-0.7%
$1.11
+106.3%
-59.4%$88.43M$151.63M-0.10660Positive News
ZEO
Zeo Energy
0.0719 of 5 stars
$1.59
+1.9%
N/A-66.9%$78.33M$110.07M-1.14N/APositive News
Gap Down
CBAT
CBAK Energy Technology
1.2956 of 5 stars
$0.81
-7.7%
N/A-38.1%$72.40M$176.61M6.711,050News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
RAYA
Erayak Power Solution Group
N/A$1.54
+6.2%
N/A+102.1%$69.35M$30.30M0.00120Positive News
SCWO
374Water
0.2019 of 5 stars
$0.32
+4.5%
N/A-75.6%$46.30M$445,445.00-4.0020Earnings Report
Gap Down
LASE
Laser Photonics
0.0855 of 5 stars
$2.72
-3.9%
N/A+20.2%$37.62M$3.08M-6.1820
WTMA
Welsbach Technology Metals Acquisition
N/A$12.00
-7.7%
N/A+9.6%$36.11MN/A0.004
FLUX
Flux Power
2.2075 of 5 stars
$1.92
+1.1%
$6.00
+212.5%
-35.3%$32.19M$63.07M-3.76120News Coverage
PPSI
Pioneer Power Solutions
3.3005 of 5 stars
$2.78
-7.9%
$12.00
+331.7%
-28.1%$30.91M$22.88M-4.0990News Coverage
Earnings Report
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This page (NYSE:GWH) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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