FTCI vs. BEEM, BW, STRT, EOSE, MX, QUIK, AXTI, GCTS, MRAM, and POET
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), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), QuickLogic (QUIK), AXT (AXTI), GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), and POET Technologies (POET).
FTC Solar (NASDAQ:FTCI) and Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
FTC Solar has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beam Global has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Beam Global had 1 more articles in the media than FTC Solar. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Beam Global and 0 mentions for FTC Solar. Beam Global's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat FTC Solar's score of 0.00 indicating that Beam Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FTC Solar currently has a consensus price target of $1.49, indicating a potential upside of 233.11%. Beam Global has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 213.04%. Given FTC Solar's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe FTC Solar is more favorable than Beam Global.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Beam Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
Summary
Beam Global beats FTC Solar on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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