FuelCell Energy (FCEL) Competitors

FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) and Eaton (NYSE:ETN) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FCEL or ETN?

42.8% of FuelCell Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Eaton shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of FuelCell Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Eaton shares are held by 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 FCEL or ETN?

FuelCell Energy currently has a consensus price target of $10.03, indicating a potential upside of 157.71%. Eaton has a consensus price target of $350.22, indicating a potential upside of 30.61%. Given FuelCell Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe FuelCell Energy is more favorable than Eaton.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FuelCell Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
Eaton	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Does the media prefer FCEL or ETN?

In the previous week, Eaton had 46 more articles in the media than FuelCell Energy. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Eaton and 3 mentions for FuelCell Energy. Eaton's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat FuelCell Energy's score of 0.98 indicating that Eaton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FuelCell Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eaton	37 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FCEL or ETN?

Eaton received 435 more outperform votes than FuelCell Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.28% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote while only 64.69% of users gave FuelCell Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FuelCell Energy	Outperform Votes 491 64.69%	Underperform Votes 268 35.31%
Eaton	Outperform Votes 926 66.28%	Underperform Votes 471 33.72%

Which has more volatility & risk, FCEL or ETN?

FuelCell Energy has a beta of 3.95, meaning that its share price is 295% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FCEL or ETN?

Eaton has higher revenue and earnings than FuelCell Energy. FuelCell Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eaton, 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
FuelCell Energy	$114.44M	0.72	-$126.01M	-$7.83	-0.50
Eaton	$24.88B	4.22	$3.79B	$9.50	28.23

Is FCEL or ETN more profitable?

Eaton has a net margin of 15.25% compared to FuelCell Energy's net margin of -113.09%. Eaton's return on equity of 22.62% beat FuelCell Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FuelCell Energy	-113.09%	-18.58%	-13.37%
Eaton	15.25%	22.62%	11.10%

Summary

Eaton beats FuelCell Energy on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.