ALCE vs. VIA, VVPR, DUK, PCG, PEG, EXC, ED, XEL, WEC, and AEE
Should you be buying Alternus Clean Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alternus Clean Energy include Via Renewables (VIA), VivoPower International (VVPR), Duke Energy (DUK), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Exelon (EXC), Consolidated Edison (ED), Xcel Energy (XEL), WEC Energy Group (WEC), and Ameren (AEE). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
Via Renewables (NASDAQ:VIA) and Alternus Clean Energy (NASDAQ:ALCE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Via Renewables has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alternus Clean Energy has a beta of -0.78, indicating that its stock price is 178% less volatile than the S&P 500.
74.4% of Via Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. 66.2% of Via Renewables shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Alternus Clean Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Via Renewables received 2 more outperform votes than Alternus Clean Energy when rated by MarketBeat users.
Via Renewables has a net margin of 5.68% compared to Via Renewables' net margin of 0.00%. Alternus Clean Energy's return on equity of 57.36% beat Via Renewables' return on equity.
In the previous week, Via Renewables had 2 more articles in the media than Alternus Clean Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Via Renewables and 3 mentions for Alternus Clean Energy. Via Renewables' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Alternus Clean Energy's score of 0.44 indicating that Alternus Clean Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Via Renewables has higher revenue and earnings than Alternus Clean Energy.
Summary
Via Renewables beats Alternus Clean Energy on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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