Head to Head Review: SUNation Energy (SUNE) versus Its Peers

SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNE) is one of 75 public companies in the “Other Alt Energy” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare SUNation Energy to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Risk and Volatility

SUNation Energy has a beta of 3.22, suggesting that its share price is 222% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SUNation Energy’s competitors have a beta of -75.99, suggesting that their average share price is 7,699% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SUNation Energy and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SUNation Energy	$55.79 million	-$15.85 million	0.00
SUNation Energy Competitors	$18.66 billion	$321.02 million	-9.93

SUNation Energy’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than SUNation Energy. SUNation 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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

4.2% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of shares of all “Other Alt Energy” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of shares of all “Other Alt Energy” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SUNation Energy	-41.62%	-158.58%	-50.14%
SUNation Energy Competitors	-28.86%	-21.50%	-3.79%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for SUNation Energy and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SUNation Energy	1	0	0	0	1.00
SUNation Energy Competitors	431	1194	1842	82	2.44

As a group, “Other Alt Energy” companies have a potential upside of 4.16%. Given SUNation Energy’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SUNation Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

SUNation Energy competitors beat SUNation Energy on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

SUNation Energy Company Profile

SUNation Energy Inc. is focused on local and regional solar, storage and energy services companies. Its portfolio of brands provides homeowners and businesses of all sizes with an end-to-end product offering spanning solar, battery storage and grid services. SUNation Energy Inc., formerly known as Pineapple Energy, is based in RONKONKOMA, N.Y.