SOL vs. FTCI, MAXN, TYGO, LGO, EPSN, FTK, GIFI, PHX, VGAS, and MVO
Should you be buying Emeren Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Emeren Group include FTC Solar (FTCI), Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN), Tigo Energy (TYGO), Largo (LGO), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), Flotek Industries (FTK), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), PHX Minerals (PHX), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), and MV Oil Trust (MVO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
FTC Solar (NASDAQ:FTCI) and Emeren Group (NYSE:SOL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
FTC Solar has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emeren Group has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Emeren Group received 172 more outperform votes than FTC Solar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.71% of users gave Emeren Group an outperform vote while only 43.10% of users gave FTC Solar an outperform vote.
45.4% of FTC Solar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Emeren Group shares are held by institutional investors. 29.7% of FTC Solar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of Emeren Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Emeren Group has a net margin of 3.55% compared to Emeren Group's net margin of -39.60%. FTC Solar's return on equity of 3.19% beat Emeren Group's return on equity.
FTC Solar currently has a consensus price target of $1.49, suggesting a potential upside of 153.56%. Emeren Group has a consensus price target of $5.80, suggesting a potential upside of 187.13%. Given FTC Solar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Emeren Group is more favorable than FTC Solar.
In the previous week, FTC Solar had 12 more articles in the media than Emeren Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for FTC Solar and 1 mentions for Emeren Group. Emeren Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat FTC Solar's score of 0.00 indicating that FTC Solar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Emeren Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FTC Solar. FTC Solar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Emeren Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Emeren Group beats FTC Solar on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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