NOVA vs. UTL, GNE, VIA, ALCE, VVPR, DUK, PCG, PEG, EXC, and ED
Should you be buying Sunnova Energy International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunnova Energy International include Unitil (UTL), Genie Energy (GNE), Via Renewables (VIA), Alternus Clean Energy (ALCE), VivoPower International (VVPR), Duke Energy (DUK), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Exelon (EXC), and Consolidated Edison (ED). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
Sunnova Energy International (NYSE:NOVA) and Unitil (NYSE:UTL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.
76.8% of Unitil shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Sunnova Energy International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Unitil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Sunnova Energy International had 4 more articles in the media than Unitil. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sunnova Energy International and 0 mentions for Unitil. Sunnova Energy International's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Unitil's score of 0.00 indicating that Sunnova Energy International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Unitil has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sunnova Energy International. Sunnova Energy International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unitil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sunnova Energy International currently has a consensus price target of $15.88, suggesting a potential upside of 204.30%. Unitil has a consensus price target of $51.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.66%. Given Sunnova Energy International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sunnova Energy International is more favorable than Unitil.
Unitil has a net margin of 9.37% compared to Sunnova Energy International's net margin of -56.52%. Unitil's return on equity of 9.84% beat Sunnova Energy International's return on equity.
Sunnova Energy International has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unitil has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Unitil received 241 more outperform votes than Sunnova Energy International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.79% of users gave Unitil an outperform vote while only 56.40% of users gave Sunnova Energy International an outperform vote.
Summary
Unitil beats Sunnova Energy International on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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