OESX vs. SKYX, CCTG, EFOI, AUVI, CREE, AYI, LYTS, GLT, CHCI, and EVA
Should you be buying Orion Energy Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion Energy Systems include SKYX Platforms (SKYX), CCSC Technology International (CCTG), Energy Focus (EFOI), Applied UV (AUVI), Cree (CREE), Acuity Brands (AYI), LSI Industries (LYTS), Glatfelter (GLT), Comstock Holding Companies (CHCI), and Enviva (EVA).
SKYX Platforms (NASDAQ:SKYX) and Orion Energy Systems (NASDAQ:OESX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Orion Energy Systems received 251 more outperform votes than SKYX Platforms when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave SKYX Platforms an outperform vote while only 51.00% of users gave Orion Energy Systems an outperform vote.
SKYX Platforms has a beta of -2609.1, meaning that its share price is 261,010% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion Energy Systems has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
11.8% of SKYX Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Orion Energy Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.0% of SKYX Platforms shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Orion Energy Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Orion Energy Systems has a net margin of -21.44% compared to Orion Energy Systems' net margin of -53.31%. SKYX Platforms' return on equity of -57.56% beat Orion Energy Systems' return on equity.
Orion Energy Systems has higher revenue and earnings than SKYX Platforms. SKYX Platforms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orion Energy Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SKYX Platforms currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 449.45%. Orion Energy Systems has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 212.47%. Given Orion Energy Systems' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SKYX Platforms is more favorable than Orion Energy Systems.
In the previous week, Orion Energy Systems had 2 more articles in the media than SKYX Platforms. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Orion Energy Systems and 1 mentions for SKYX Platforms. SKYX Platforms' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Orion Energy Systems' score of 0.93 indicating that Orion Energy Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Orion Energy Systems beats SKYX Platforms on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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