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Sunnova Energy International (NOVA) Competitors

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$4.49 +0.02 (+0.45%)
(As of 12/9/2024 ET)

NOVA vs. UTL, GNE, VVPR, ALCE, DUK, PCG, PEG, XEL, EXC, and ED

Should you be buying Sunnova Energy International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunnova Energy International include Unitil (UTL), Genie Energy (GNE), VivoPower International (VVPR), Alternus Clean Energy (ALCE), Duke Energy (DUK), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Xcel Energy (XEL), Exelon (EXC), and Consolidated Edison (ED). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.

Sunnova Energy International vs.

Sunnova Energy International (NYSE:NOVA) and Unitil (NYSE:UTL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Unitil received 228 more outperform votes than Sunnova Energy International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.79% of users gave Unitil an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Sunnova Energy International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sunnova Energy InternationalOutperform Votes
110
55.56%
Underperform Votes
88
44.44%
UnitilOutperform Votes
338
61.79%
Underperform Votes
209
38.21%

76.8% of Unitil shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Sunnova Energy International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Unitil shares are held by company 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.

Unitil has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sunnova Energy International. Sunnova Energy International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unitil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sunnova Energy International$809.98M0.69-$417.96M-$3.35-1.34
Unitil$557.10M1.68$45.20M$2.9319.67

Sunnova Energy International presently has a consensus price target of $10.73, indicating a potential upside of 139.16%. Given Sunnova Energy International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sunnova Energy International is more favorable than Unitil.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sunnova Energy International
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.48
Unitil
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Sunnova Energy International had 2 more articles in the media than Unitil. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sunnova Energy International and 1 mentions for Unitil. Unitil's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Sunnova Energy International's score of 0.95 indicating that Unitil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sunnova Energy International
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Unitil
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Sunnova Energy International has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unitil has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Unitil has a net margin of 9.46% compared to Sunnova Energy International's net margin of -51.02%. Unitil's return on equity of 9.43% beat Sunnova Energy International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sunnova Energy International-51.02% -11.15% -2.06%
Unitil 9.46%9.43%2.79%

Summary

Unitil beats Sunnova Energy International on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NOVA vs. The Competition

MetricSunnova Energy InternationalElectric & other services combined IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$558.54M$20.41B$7.89B$20.25B
Dividend YieldN/A3.35%11.56%3.47%
P/E Ratio-1.3417.9515.2139.66
Price / Sales0.692.20109.2318.24
Price / CashN/A8.5811.8918.56
Price / Book0.281.813.225.69
Net Income-$417.96M$896.09M$897.47M$985.82M
7 Day Performance-16.48%-3.18%-2.18%-0.67%
1 Month Performance42.83%2.23%10.31%1.42%
1 Year Performance-56.92%4.56%7.80%23.85%

Sunnova Energy International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NOVA
Sunnova Energy International
4.4485 of 5 stars
$4.49
+0.4%
$10.73
+139.2%
-57.1%$558.54M$809.98M-1.342,047Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
UTL
Unitil
3.185 of 5 stars
$58.23
+0.8%
N/A+13.0%$942.74M$557.10M19.72536Positive News
GNE
Genie Energy
1.8494 of 5 stars
$14.45
-0.3%
N/A-45.3%$393.04M$428.71M103.51190Positive News
VVPR
VivoPower International
0.239 of 5 stars
$1.19
+6.4%
N/A-34.5%$5.29M$15.06M0.00240
ALCE
Alternus Clean Energy
N/A$1.00
flat
N/AN/A$4.37M$20.08M0.00N/AGap Down
DUK
Duke Energy
4.3619 of 5 stars
$112.13
+0.0%
$121.69
+8.5%
+18.8%$86.62B$29.06B20.6127,037Analyst Revision
PCG
PG&E
4.4327 of 5 stars
$20.25
-0.4%
$23.10
+14.1%
+15.4%$52.96B$24.43B15.8828,010
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.8551 of 5 stars
$88.74
-1.4%
$88.08
-0.7%
+43.8%$44.21B$11.24B22.1112,543Positive News
XEL
Xcel Energy
3.8886 of 5 stars
$69.31
-0.6%
$67.00
-3.3%
+14.5%$39.80B$14.21B20.6911,311Analyst Revision
Positive News
EXC
Exelon
4.6411 of 5 stars
$37.85
-0.3%
$41.25
+9.0%
-3.5%$38.03B$21.73B15.5819,962Analyst Revision
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.4467 of 5 stars
$95.01
+0.2%
$99.13
+4.3%
+3.6%$32.91B$14.66B17.8614,592Analyst Revision

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