NOVA vs. OPTT, SUUN, CGBS, SPRU, WAVE, CETY, VVPR, ALCE, CDZIP, and CWEN.A
Should you be buying Sunnova Energy International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunnova Energy International include Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT), SolarBank (SUUN), Crown LNG (CGBS), Spruce Power (SPRU), Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE), Clean Energy Technologies (CETY), VivoPower International (VVPR), Alternus Clean Energy (ALCE), Cadiz (CDZIP), and Clearway Energy (CWEN.A). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Sunnova Energy International vs.
Ocean Power Technologies (NASDAQ:OPTT) and Sunnova Energy International (NYSE:NOVA) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
In the previous week, Sunnova Energy International had 2 more articles in the media than Ocean Power Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sunnova Energy International and 2 mentions for Ocean Power Technologies. Sunnova Energy International's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Ocean Power Technologies' score of 0.50 indicating that Sunnova Energy International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
11.9% of Ocean Power Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Ocean Power Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Sunnova Energy International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sunnova Energy International has a net margin of -51.02% compared to Ocean Power Technologies' net margin of -304.91%. Sunnova Energy International's return on equity of -11.15% beat Ocean Power Technologies' return on equity.
Ocean Power Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sunnova Energy International. Ocean Power Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunnova Energy International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sunnova Energy International has a consensus target price of $4.93, suggesting a potential upside of 2,555.80%. Given Sunnova Energy International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sunnova Energy International is more favorable than Ocean Power Technologies.
Ocean Power Technologies received 94 more outperform votes than Sunnova Energy International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.59% of users gave Ocean Power Technologies an outperform vote while only 51.11% of users gave Sunnova Energy International an outperform vote.
Ocean Power Technologies has a beta of 2.51, indicating that its stock price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunnova Energy International has a beta of 2.89, indicating that its stock price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sunnova Energy International beats Ocean Power Technologies on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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