Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Competitors

Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) and Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.

Is CSIQ or LUNR more profitable?

Canadian Solar has a net margin of 0.01% compared to Intuitive Machines' net margin of -62.21%. Canadian Solar's return on equity of 0.02% beat Intuitive Machines' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Solar	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
Intuitive Machines	-62.21%	N/A	-6.44%

Which has better valuation and earnings, CSIQ or LUNR?

Canadian Solar has higher revenue and earnings than Intuitive Machines. Canadian Solar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuitive Machines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Canadian Solar	$6.17B	0.12	$274.19M	-$0.12	-94.00
Intuitive Machines	$79.52M	31.91	$62.80M	-$2.94	-6.15

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CSIQ or LUNR?

Canadian Solar received 495 more outperform votes than Intuitive Machines when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 97.73% of users gave Intuitive Machines an outperform vote while only 58.54% of users gave Canadian Solar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Solar	Outperform Votes 538 58.54%	Underperform Votes 381 41.46%
Intuitive Machines	Outperform Votes 43 97.73%	Underperform Votes 1 2.27%

Which has more volatility and risk, CSIQ or LUNR?

Canadian Solar has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuitive Machines has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CSIQ or LUNR?

In the previous week, Intuitive Machines had 3 more articles in the media than Canadian Solar. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Intuitive Machines and 6 mentions for Canadian Solar. Canadian Solar's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Intuitive Machines' score of 0.63 indicating that Canadian Solar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Solar	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Intuitive Machines	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CSIQ or LUNR?

52.4% of Canadian Solar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Intuitive Machines shares are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of Canadian Solar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.7% of Intuitive Machines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CSIQ or LUNR?

Canadian Solar presently has a consensus target price of $18.31, suggesting a potential upside of 62.34%. Intuitive Machines has a consensus target price of $15.83, suggesting a potential downside of 12.43%. Given Canadian Solar's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Canadian Solar is more favorable than Intuitive Machines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Solar	4 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09
Intuitive Machines	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Canadian Solar beats Intuitive Machines on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.