JinkoSolar (JKS) Competitors

JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) and Impinj (NASDAQ:PI) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JKS or PI?

Impinj received 200 more outperform votes than JinkoSolar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.74% of users gave Impinj an outperform vote while only 54.56% of users gave JinkoSolar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JinkoSolar	Outperform Votes 275 54.56%	Underperform Votes 229 45.44%
Impinj	Outperform Votes 475 68.74%	Underperform Votes 216 31.26%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in JKS or PI?

35.8% of JinkoSolar shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of JinkoSolar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Impinj shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate JKS or PI?

JinkoSolar presently has a consensus target price of $27.19, indicating a potential upside of 44.24%. Impinj has a consensus target price of $155.38, indicating a potential upside of 42.43%. Given JinkoSolar's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe JinkoSolar is more favorable than Impinj.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JinkoSolar	4 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.57
Impinj	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, JKS or PI?

JinkoSolar has higher revenue and earnings than Impinj. Impinj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JinkoSolar, 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
JinkoSolar	$83.06B	0.01	$485.56M	-$5.02	-3.75
Impinj	$363.54M	8.70	$40.84M	-$0.04	-2,727.25

Which has more risk & volatility, JKS or PI?

JinkoSolar has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Impinj has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JKS or PI more profitable?

Impinj has a net margin of 11.15% compared to JinkoSolar's net margin of 0.53%. Impinj's return on equity of 7.11% beat JinkoSolar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JinkoSolar	0.53%	4.18%	1.06%
Impinj	11.15%	7.11%	1.90%

Does the media prefer JKS or PI?

In the previous week, Impinj had 7 more articles in the media than JinkoSolar. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Impinj and 2 mentions for JinkoSolar. Impinj's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat JinkoSolar's score of 0.88 indicating that Impinj is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JinkoSolar	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Impinj	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Impinj beats JinkoSolar on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.