Spruce Power (SPRU) Competitors

Spruce Power (NYSE:SPRU) and Stabilis Solutions (NASDAQ:SLNG) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Is SPRU or SLNG more profitable?

Stabilis Solutions has a net margin of 1.28% compared to Spruce Power's net margin of -78.82%. Stabilis Solutions' return on equity of 1.35% beat Spruce Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spruce Power	-78.82%	-35.22%	-5.68%
Stabilis Solutions	1.28%	1.35%	1.05%

Do analysts recommend SPRU or SLNG?

Stabilis Solutions has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 131.21%. Given Stabilis Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stabilis Solutions is more favorable than Spruce Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spruce Power	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Stabilis Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SPRU or SLNG?

20.8% of Spruce Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Stabilis Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 12.7% of Spruce Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 72.2% of Stabilis Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, SPRU or SLNG?

Spruce Power has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stabilis Solutions has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SPRU or SLNG?

Stabilis Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spruce Power. Spruce Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stabilis Solutions, 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
Spruce Power	$82.11M	0.30	-$70.49M	-$4.21	-0.33
Stabilis Solutions	$73.29M	1.10	$4.60M	$0.04	108.13

Does the media favor SPRU or SLNG?

In the previous week, Spruce Power and Spruce Power both had 8 articles in the media. Stabilis Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Spruce Power's score of 0.36 indicating that Stabilis Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Spruce Power	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Stabilis Solutions	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Stabilis Solutions beats Spruce Power on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.