Head to Head Analysis: SUNation Energy (SUNE) vs. Its Competitors

SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNE) is one of 216 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare SUNation Energy to related companies based on the strength of its risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SUNation Energy and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SUNation Energy	$71.91 million	-$10.89 million	-79.33
SUNation Energy Competitors	$2.38 billion	$142.37 million	20.17

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SUNation Energy	-8.48%	-24.03%	-11.67%
SUNation Energy Competitors	-354.39%	-45.12%	-7.92%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.2% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by 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.

Volatility and Risk

SUNation Energy has a beta of 2.75, meaning that its stock price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SUNation Energy’s peers have a beta of -20.29, meaning that their average stock price is 2,129% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for SUNation Energy and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SUNation Energy	1	0	0	0	1.00
SUNation Energy Competitors	2283	5156	7200	437	2.38

As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 44.56%. Given SUNation Energy’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SUNation Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

SUNation Energy peers beat SUNation Energy on 10 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.