Reviewing Acorn Energy (ACFN) and Its Rivals

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Acorn Energy and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acorn Energy	$10.99 million	$6.29 million	6.74
Acorn Energy Competitors	$3.67 billion	$266.04 million	2.54

Acorn Energy’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Acorn Energy. Acorn Energy is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.9% of shares of all “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies are owned by institutional investors. 35.0% of Acorn Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of shares of all “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Acorn Energy and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acorn Energy	56.00%	78.08%	28.31%
Acorn Energy Competitors	-154.13%	-93.81%	-8.45%

Volatility & Risk

Acorn Energy has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acorn Energy’s competitors have a beta of 0.80, indicating that their average stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Acorn Energy beats its competitors on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Acorn Energy

Acorn Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and markets wireless remote monitoring and control systems for various markets in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Power Generation (PG) Monitoring and Cathodic Protection (CP) Monitoring. The PG segment provides wireless remote monitoring and control systems, and services for critical assets, which include stand-by power generators, pumps, pumpjacks, light towers, turbines, compressors, fire pumps, and other industrial equipment; and Internet of Things applications. The CP segment offers remote monitoring and control products for cathodic protection systems utilized in gas pipelines for gas utilities market and pipeline operators. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.