Critical Survey: Generac (NYSE:GNRC) versus Brenmiller Energy (NASDAQ:BNRG)

Brenmiller Energy (NASDAQ:BNRG) and Generac (NYSE:GNRC) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Risk & Volatility

Brenmiller Energy has a beta of -0.6, meaning that its share price is 160% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Generac has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Brenmiller Energy and Generac, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brenmiller Energy	1	0	0	0	1.00
Generac	0	6	12	2	2.80

Generac has a consensus price target of $295.40, indicating a potential upside of 41.92%. Given Generac’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Generac is more favorable than Brenmiller Energy.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

13.2% of Brenmiller Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Generac shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.1% of Brenmiller Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Generac shares 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Brenmiller Energy and Generac”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brenmiller Energy	$387,000.00	1.07	-$13.90 million	($262.42)	-0.01
Generac	$4.21 billion	2.92	$159.55 million	$4.34	47.96

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

Profitability

This table compares Brenmiller Energy and Generac’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brenmiller Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Generac	5.82%	17.83%	8.58%

Summary

Generac beats Brenmiller Energy on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Brenmiller Energy

Brenmiller Energy Ltd. develops, produces, markets, and sells thermal energy storage (TES) systems based on its proprietary technology that enables renewable integration, increases energy efficiency, and reduces carbon emissions. Its TES system dispatches thermal energy on demand in the form of steam, which can be saturated for industrial use, or in the form of a superheated steam, which can be used to activate steam turbines. It markets its proprietary TES systems under the bGen name. The company was formerly known as Brenmiller Energy Consulting Ltd. and changed its name to Brenmiller Energy Ltd. in 2017. Brenmiller Energy Ltd was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Rosh HaAyin, Israel.

About Generac

Generac Holdings Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes various energy technology products and solution worldwide. The company offers residential automatic standby generators, automatic transfer switch, air-cooled engine residential standby generators, and liquid-cooled engine generators; Mobile Link, a remote monitoring system for home standby generators; residential storage solution, which consists of a system of batteries, an inverter, photovoltaic optimizers, power electronic controls, and other components; smart home solutions, such as smart thermostats and a suite of home monitoring products. It also provides smart home energy management devices and sensors for heating and cooling system; smart doorbell cameras; and portable and inverter generators; multiple portable battery solutions; manual transfer switches; outdoor power equipment, including trimmers, field and brush mowers, log splitters, stump grinders, chipper shredders, lawn and leaf vacuums, and pressure washers and water pumps; and battery-powered turf care products. In addition, the company offers commercial and industrial products comprising cleaner-burning natural gas fueled generators; light-commercial standby generators and related transfer switches; stationary generators; single-engine industrial generators; industrial standby generators; industrial transfer switches; light towers, mobile generators, commercial mobile pumps, heaters, dust-suppression equipment, and mobile energy storage systems; stationary energy storage system and related inverter products; and aftermarket service parts and product accessories. The company distributes its products through independent residential dealers, industrial distributors and dealers, national and regional retailers, e-commerce partners, electrical/HVAC/solar wholesalers, solar installers, catalogs, equipment rental companies, and other equipment distributors; and directly to end users. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin.