BE vs. WWD, PLUG, HOLI, THR, BLDP, NPWR, EAF, FCEL, 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), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Thermon Group (THR), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), NET Power (NPWR), GrafTech International (EAF), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), Hyzon Motors (HYZN), and Energem (ENCP). These companies are all part of the "electrical industrial apparatus" industry.
Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Woodward shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.8% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Woodward shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 has a net margin of 11.09% compared to Bloom Energy's net margin of -22.27%. Woodward's return on equity of 16.50% beat Bloom Energy's return on equity.
Bloom Energy currently has a consensus price target of $15.64, indicating a potential downside of 4.17%. Woodward has a consensus price target of $174.38, indicating a potential downside of 6.50%. Given Bloom Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bloom Energy is more favorable than Woodward.
Woodward received 102 more outperform votes than Bloom Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.88% of users gave Bloom Energy an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Woodward an outperform vote.
Bloom Energy has a beta of 2.77, meaning that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodward has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Woodward had 14 more articles in the media than Bloom Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Woodward and 10 mentions for Bloom Energy. Bloom Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Woodward's score of 0.35 indicating that Bloom Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Woodward beats Bloom Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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