SES AI (SES) Competitors

SES AI (NYSE:SES) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SES or FLNC?

Fluence Energy received 74 more outperform votes than SES AI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.79% of users gave Fluence Energy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave SES AI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SES AI	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 9 100.00%
Fluence Energy	Outperform Votes 74 43.79%	Underperform Votes 95 56.21%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SES or FLNC?

Fluence Energy has higher revenue and earnings than SES AI. Fluence Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SES AI, 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
SES AI	$2.04M	122.45	-$53.40M	-$0.31	-2.21
Fluence Energy	$2.52B	0.27	$22.72M	-$0.05	-73.80

Which has more volatility & risk, SES or FLNC?

SES AI has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.48, suggesting that its share price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SES or FLNC?

29.8% of SES AI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of SES AI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SES or FLNC more profitable?

SES AI has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Fluence Energy's net margin of -0.08%. Fluence Energy's return on equity of -0.36% beat SES AI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SES AI	N/A	-22.91%	-20.42%
Fluence Energy	-0.08%	-0.36%	-0.11%

Do analysts prefer SES or FLNC?

SES AI currently has a consensus target price of $1.25, suggesting a potential upside of 82.48%. Fluence Energy has a consensus target price of $11.43, suggesting a potential upside of 209.72%. Given Fluence Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fluence Energy is more favorable than SES AI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SES AI	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Fluence Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	17 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.21

Does the media favor SES or FLNC?

In the previous week, Fluence Energy had 55 more articles in the media than SES AI. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Fluence Energy and 2 mentions for SES AI. SES AI's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Fluence Energy's score of 0.16 indicating that SES AI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SES AI	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Fluence Energy	11 Very Positive mention(s)	14 Positive mention(s)	24 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Fluence Energy beats SES AI on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.