GWH vs. STEM, ELVA, ULBI, CBAT, FLUX, DFLI, NVX, SES, HBIO, and REKR
Should you be buying ESS Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESS Tech include Stem (STEM), Electrovaya (ELVA), Ultralife (ULBI), CBAK Energy Technology (CBAT), Flux Power (FLUX), Dragonfly Energy (DFLI), NOVONIX (NVX), SES AI (SES), Harvard Bioscience (HBIO), and Rekor Systems (REKR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
ESS Tech (NYSE:GWH) and Stem (NYSE:STEM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
Stem received 16 more outperform votes than ESS Tech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.18% of users gave Stem an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave ESS Tech an outperform vote.
ESS Tech has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stem has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
46.8% of ESS Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Stem shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of ESS Tech shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Stem shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Stem has a net margin of -40.03% compared to ESS Tech's net margin of -746.89%. Stem's return on equity of -36.20% beat ESS Tech's return on equity.
ESS Tech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stem. ESS Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ESS Tech presently has a consensus target price of $2.11, indicating a potential upside of 185.06%. Stem has a consensus target price of $4.77, indicating a potential upside of 249.68%. Given Stem's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stem is more favorable than ESS Tech.
In the previous week, ESS Tech had 5 more articles in the media than Stem. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ESS Tech and 2 mentions for Stem. ESS Tech's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Stem's score of 0.42 indicating that ESS Tech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Stem beats ESS Tech on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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