RUN vs. VSLR, OFLX, CAE, NOVT, ATKR, FLNC, ENS, QS, SPB, and ENR
Should you be buying Sunrun stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunrun include Vivint Solar (VSLR), Omega Flex (OFLX), CAE (CAE), Novanta (NOVT), Atkore (ATKR), Fluence Energy (FLNC), EnerSys (ENS), QuantumScape (QS), Spectrum Brands (SPB), and Energizer (ENR).
Vivint Solar (NYSE:VSLR) and Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Vivint Solar has a net margin of -23.48% compared to Vivint Solar's net margin of -68.22%. Vivint Solar's return on equity of -3.58% beat Sunrun's return on equity.
Vivint Solar has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunrun has a beta of 2.5, suggesting that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.2% of Vivint Solar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Sunrun shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Vivint Solar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Sunrun shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Sunrun had 10 more articles in the media than Vivint Solar. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sunrun and 0 mentions for Vivint Solar. Vivint Solar's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Sunrun's score of 0.00 indicating that Sunrun is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sunrun has a consensus target price of $21.21, suggesting a potential upside of 46.68%. Given Vivint Solar's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sunrun is more favorable than Vivint Solar.
Vivint Solar has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sunrun. Vivint Solar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunrun, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sunrun received 301 more outperform votes than Vivint Solar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.81% of users gave Sunrun an outperform vote while only 62.03% of users gave Vivint Solar an outperform vote.
Summary
Sunrun beats Vivint Solar on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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