PEGY vs. WSTL, DZSI, FKWL, SONM, AKTS, CLRO, MINM, FN, CIEN, and INFN
Should you be buying Pineapple Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pineapple Energy include Westell Technologies (WSTL), DZS (DZSI), Franklin Wireless (FKWL), Sonim Technologies (SONM), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), ClearOne (CLRO), Minim (MINM), Fabrinet (FN), Ciena (CIEN), and Infinera (INFN).
Pineapple Energy (NASDAQ:PEGY) and Westell Technologies (NASDAQ:WSTL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Pineapple Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Westell Technologies.
Pineapple Energy has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its share price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westell Technologies has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pineapple Energy has a net margin of -6.18% compared to Westell Technologies' net margin of -30.99%. Westell Technologies' return on equity of -18.79% beat Pineapple Energy's return on equity.
Pineapple Energy currently has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 1,596.07%. Given Pineapple Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Pineapple Energy is more favorable than Westell Technologies.
In the previous week, Pineapple Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Westell Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pineapple Energy and 0 mentions for Westell Technologies. Pineapple Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Westell Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Pineapple Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
4.2% of Pineapple Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Westell Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Pineapple Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.7% of Westell Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Westell Technologies received 266 more outperform votes than Pineapple Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Pineapple Energy an outperform vote while only 61.70% of users gave Westell Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Pineapple Energy beats Westell Technologies on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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