BE vs. WWD, PLUG, NPWR, HOLI, THR, BLDP, FCEL, EAF, HYZN, and ENCP
Should you be buying Bloom Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloom Energy include Woodward (WWD), Plug Power (PLUG), NET Power (NPWR), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Thermon Group (THR), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), GrafTech International (EAF), Hyzon Motors (HYZN), and Energem (ENCP). These companies are all part of the "electrical industrial apparatus" industry.
Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) and Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings and risk.
Woodward has higher revenue and earnings than Bloom Energy. Bloom Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodward, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Woodward presently has a consensus target price of $174.38, suggesting a potential downside of 4.30%. Bloom Energy has a consensus target price of $15.64, suggesting a potential upside of 5.38%. Given Woodward's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bloom Energy is more favorable than Woodward.
In the previous week, Woodward and Woodward both had 6 articles in the media. Bloom Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Woodward's score of 0.78 indicating that Woodward is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Woodward has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloom Energy has a beta of 2.83, indicating that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Woodward received 101 more outperform votes than Bloom Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.98% of users gave Bloom Energy an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Woodward an outperform vote.
81.2% of Woodward shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Woodward shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Woodward has a net margin of 11.09% compared to Woodward's net margin of -22.27%. Bloom Energy's return on equity of 16.50% beat Woodward's return on equity.
Summary
Woodward beats Bloom Energy on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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