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).
FTC Solar (NASDAQ:FTCI) and Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.
Beam Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
FTC Solar has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beam Global has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FTC Solar currently has a consensus target price of $1.49, suggesting a potential upside of 187.91%. Beam Global has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 209.28%. Given Beam Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Beam Global is more favorable than FTC Solar.
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. FTC Solar's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Beam Global's score of 0.65 indicating that FTC Solar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Beam Global has a net margin of -22.16% compared to FTC Solar's net margin of -47.92%. Beam Global's return on equity of -30.53% beat FTC Solar's return on equity.
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.
45.4% of FTC Solar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of Beam Global shares are held by institutional investors. 23.1% of FTC Solar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Beam Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
FTC Solar beats Beam Global on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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