AMSC vs. ENS, BRC, POWL, VICR, THR, PLPC, LYTS, FCEL, ETN, and EMR
Should you be buying American Superconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Superconductor include EnerSys (ENS), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), Thermon Group (THR), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), LSI Industries (LYTS), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), Eaton (ETN), and Emerson Electric (EMR). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
American Superconductor vs.
EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) and American Superconductor (NASDAQ:AMSC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, American Superconductor had 12 more articles in the media than EnerSys. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for American Superconductor and 0 mentions for EnerSys. American Superconductor's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat EnerSys' score of 1.00 indicating that American Superconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EnerSys has higher revenue and earnings than American Superconductor. American Superconductor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnerSys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EnerSys has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Superconductor has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
94.9% of EnerSys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of American Superconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of EnerSys shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of American Superconductor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
EnerSys currently has a consensus target price of $120.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.58%. American Superconductor has a consensus target price of $28.33, suggesting a potential downside of 1.21%. Given EnerSys' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EnerSys is more favorable than American Superconductor.
EnerSys has a net margin of 8.25% compared to American Superconductor's net margin of -0.49%. EnerSys' return on equity of 20.04% beat American Superconductor's return on equity.
EnerSys received 12 more outperform votes than American Superconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.05% of users gave EnerSys an outperform vote while only 66.72% of users gave American Superconductor an outperform vote.
Summary
EnerSys beats American Superconductor on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AMSC) was last updated on 1/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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