SPRU vs. OPTT, SLNG, SUUN, VVPR, WAVE, CETY, CDZIP, CWEN.A, CIG.C, and ENIC
Should you be buying Spruce Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spruce Power include Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT), Stabilis Solutions (SLNG), PowerBank (SUUN), Vivopower International (VVPR), Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE), Clean Energy Technologies (CETY), Cadiz (CDZIP), Clearway Energy (CWEN.A), COMPANHIA ENERG/S (CIG.C), and Enel Chile (ENIC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Spruce Power vs. Its Competitors
Ocean Power Technologies (NASDAQ:OPTT) and Spruce Power (NYSE:SPRU) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.
11.9% of Ocean Power Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of Spruce Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Ocean Power Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of Spruce Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ocean Power Technologies has a beta of 2.44, indicating that its share price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spruce Power has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ocean Power Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 168.91%. Given Ocean Power Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ocean Power Technologies is more favorable than Spruce Power.
In the previous week, Ocean Power Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Spruce Power. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ocean Power Technologies and 2 mentions for Spruce Power. Ocean Power Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Spruce Power's score of 0.30 indicating that Ocean Power Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Spruce Power has a net margin of -78.82% compared to Ocean Power Technologies' net margin of -304.91%. Spruce Power's return on equity of -35.22% beat Ocean Power Technologies' return on equity.
Ocean Power Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Spruce Power. Ocean Power Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spruce Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ocean Power Technologies beats Spruce Power on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:SPRU) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
