FCEL vs. ULBI, CBAT, FLUX, VICR, THR, PLPC, AMSC, LYTS, ENR, and SPB
Should you be buying FuelCell Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FuelCell Energy include Ultralife (ULBI), CBAK Energy Technology (CBAT), Flux Power (FLUX), Vicor (VICR), Thermon Group (THR), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), American Superconductor (AMSC), LSI Industries (LYTS), Energizer (ENR), and Spectrum Brands (SPB).
FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) and Ultralife (NASDAQ:ULBI) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
Ultralife has higher revenue and earnings than FuelCell Energy. FuelCell Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ultralife, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FuelCell Energy has a beta of 3.83, indicating that its share price is 283% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultralife has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
42.8% of FuelCell Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of Ultralife shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FuelCell Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.7% of Ultralife shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ultralife has a net margin of 6.19% compared to FuelCell Energy's net margin of -105.56%. Ultralife's return on equity of 10.31% beat FuelCell Energy's return on equity.
FuelCell Energy presently has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 122.72%. Ultralife has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.68%. Given FuelCell Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FuelCell Energy is more favorable than Ultralife.
In the previous week, FuelCell Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Ultralife. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FuelCell Energy and 1 mentions for Ultralife. Ultralife's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat FuelCell Energy's score of 0.72 indicating that Ultralife is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FuelCell Energy received 230 more outperform votes than Ultralife when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.51% of users gave Ultralife an outperform vote while only 65.55% of users gave FuelCell Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Ultralife beats FuelCell Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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