SPRU vs. WAVE, HLGN, OPTT, NEE, SO, CEG, AEP, D, VST, and EIX
Should you be buying Spruce Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spruce Power include Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE), Heliogen (HLGN), Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT), NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), Constellation Energy (CEG), American Electric Power (AEP), Dominion Energy (D), Vistra (VST), and Edison International (EIX). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (NASDAQ:WAVE) and Spruce Power (NYSE:SPRU) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Spruce Power. Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spruce Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ)'s net margin of -61.34%. Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ)'s return on equity of -7.07% beat Spruce Power's return on equity.
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) and Spruce Power both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
0.6% of Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of Spruce Power shares are held by institutional investors. 31.3% of Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Spruce Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Spruce Power had 2 more articles in the media than Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ). MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Spruce Power and 5 mentions for Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ). Spruce Power's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ)'s score of 0.31 indicating that Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) has a beta of -0.95, indicating that its share price is 195% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spruce Power has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Spruce Power beats Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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