FTCI vs. BEEM, BW, STRT, EOSE, CAN, GCTS, MX, QUIK, AXTI, and MRAM
Should you be buying FTC Solar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FTC Solar include Beam Global (BEEM), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), Strattec Security (STRT), Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE), Canaan (CAN), GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), QuickLogic (QUIK), AXT (AXTI), and Everspin Technologies (MRAM).
Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) and FTC Solar (NASDAQ:FTCI) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, FTC Solar had 4 more articles in the media than Beam Global. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FTC Solar and 2 mentions for Beam Global. Beam Global's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat FTC Solar's score of 0.65 indicating that FTC Solar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FTC Solar received 3 more outperform votes than Beam Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.49% of users gave Beam Global an outperform vote while only 44.07% of users gave FTC Solar an outperform vote.
Beam Global has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTC Solar has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Beam Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FTC Solar. Beam Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTC Solar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Beam Global has a net margin of -22.16% compared to Beam Global's net margin of -47.92%. FTC Solar's return on equity of -30.53% beat Beam Global's return on equity.
Beam Global currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 209.28%. FTC Solar has a consensus price target of $1.49, indicating a potential upside of 187.91%. Given FTC Solar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Beam Global is more favorable than FTC Solar.
26.6% of Beam Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of FTC Solar shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Beam Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of FTC Solar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
FTC Solar beats Beam Global on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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