FCEL vs. ULBI, CBAT, FLUX, VICR, THR, PLPC, AMSC, LYTS, ENR, and SPB
Should you be buying FuelCell Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FuelCell Energy include Ultralife (ULBI), CBAK Energy Technology (CBAT), Flux Power (FLUX), Vicor (VICR), Thermon Group (THR), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), American Superconductor (AMSC), LSI Industries (LYTS), Energizer (ENR), and Spectrum Brands (SPB).
Ultralife (NASDAQ:ULBI) and FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
30.7% of Ultralife shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of FuelCell Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 42.7% of Ultralife shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FuelCell Energy 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.
Ultralife has higher revenue and earnings than FuelCell Energy. FuelCell Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ultralife, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ultralife currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.68%. FuelCell Energy has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 122.72%. Given Ultralife's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FuelCell Energy is more favorable than Ultralife.
FuelCell Energy received 230 more outperform votes than Ultralife when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.51% of users gave Ultralife an outperform vote while only 65.55% of users gave FuelCell Energy an outperform vote.
Ultralife has a net margin of 6.19% compared to Ultralife's net margin of -105.56%. FuelCell Energy's return on equity of 10.31% beat Ultralife's return on equity.
Ultralife has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FuelCell Energy has a beta of 3.83, suggesting that its stock price is 283% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, FuelCell Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Ultralife. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FuelCell Energy and 1 mentions for Ultralife. FuelCell Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Ultralife's score of 0.85 indicating that Ultralife is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ultralife beats FuelCell Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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