PLUG vs. BE, HOLI, THR, BLDP, NPWR, EAF, FCEL, HYZN, ENCP, and HTOO
Should you be buying Plug Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plug Power include Bloom Energy (BE), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Thermon Group (THR), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), NET Power (NPWR), GrafTech International (EAF), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), Hyzon Motors (HYZN), Energem (ENCP), and Fusion Fuel Green (HTOO). These companies are all part of the "electrical industrial apparatus" industry.
Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) and Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Plug Power received 499 more outperform votes than Bloom Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.37% of users gave Plug Power an outperform vote while only 60.88% of users gave Bloom Energy an outperform vote.
43.5% of Plug Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Plug Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Bloom Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bloom Energy has a net margin of -22.27% compared to Plug Power's net margin of -181.96%. Bloom Energy's return on equity of -19.32% beat Plug Power's return on equity.
Plug Power currently has a consensus target price of $5.49, indicating a potential upside of 64.82%. Bloom Energy has a consensus target price of $15.64, indicating a potential downside of 4.17%. Given Plug Power's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Plug Power is more favorable than Bloom Energy.
In the previous week, Plug Power had 12 more articles in the media than Bloom Energy. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Plug Power and 10 mentions for Bloom Energy. Plug Power's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Bloom Energy's score of 0.55 indicating that Plug Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Plug Power has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloom Energy has a beta of 2.77, meaning that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bloom Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Plug Power. Bloom Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plug Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bloom Energy beats Plug Power on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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