Contrasting Vestas Wind Systems AS (OTCMKTS:VWDRY) and Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE)

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and Vestas Wind Systems AS (OTCMKTS:VWDRY) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Bloom Energy and Vestas Wind Systems AS, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloom Energy	1	12	10	3	2.58
Vestas Wind Systems AS	1	3	0	3	2.71

Bloom Energy presently has a consensus target price of $246.18, indicating a potential upside of 3.44%. Given Bloom Energy’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Bloom Energy is more favorable than Vestas Wind Systems AS.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Bloom Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.79, meaning that its share price is 279% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vestas Wind Systems AS has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bloom Energy and Vestas Wind Systems AS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloom Energy	7.87%	35.45%	8.30%
Vestas Wind Systems AS	4.44%	24.02%	3.33%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bloom Energy and Vestas Wind Systems AS”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bloom Energy	$2.02 billion	34.63	-$88.43 million	$0.75	317.33
Vestas Wind Systems AS	$21.29 billion	1.52	$880.23 million	$0.33	32.76

Vestas Wind Systems AS has higher revenue and earnings than Bloom Energy. Vestas Wind Systems AS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloom Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Bloom Energy beats Vestas Wind Systems AS on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bloom Energy

Bloom Energy Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, and installs solid-oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation in the United States and internationally. The company offers Bloom Energy Server, a solid oxide technology that converts fuel, such as natural gas, biogas, hydrogen, or a blend of these fuels into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion. It sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to utilities, data centers, agriculture, retail, hospitals, higher education, biotech, and manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Ion America Corp. and changed its name to Bloom Energy Corporation in 2006. Bloom Energy Corporation was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

About Vestas Wind Systems AS

Vestas Wind Systems A/S engages in the design, manufacture, installation, and services of wind turbines the United States, Denmark, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Power Solutions and Service. The Power Solutions segment offers onshore and offshore wind power plants, wind turbines, development sites, etc. The Service segment engages in the sale of service contracts, spare parts, and related activities. Vestas Wind Systems A/S was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.