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FuelCell Energy (FCEL) Competitors

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$10.95 -0.40 (-3.52%)
(As of 12:03 PM ET)

FCEL vs. PLPC, LYTS, ETN, EMR, ROP, AME, ROK, GNRC, AYI, and ENPH

Should you be buying FuelCell Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FuelCell Energy include Preformed Line Products (PLPC), LSI Industries (LYTS), Eaton (ETN), Emerson Electric (EMR), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), and Enphase Energy (ENPH). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.

FuelCell Energy vs.

FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) and Preformed Line Products (NASDAQ:PLPC) are both small-cap oils/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.

FuelCell Energy received 264 more outperform votes than Preformed Line Products when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.56% of users gave Preformed Line Products an outperform vote while only 65.03% of users gave FuelCell Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FuelCell EnergyOutperform Votes
491
65.03%
Underperform Votes
264
34.97%
Preformed Line ProductsOutperform Votes
227
67.56%
Underperform Votes
109
32.44%

In the previous week, FuelCell Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Preformed Line Products. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FuelCell Energy and 1 mentions for Preformed Line Products. Preformed Line Products' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat FuelCell Energy's score of 0.65 indicating that Preformed Line Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
FuelCell Energy Positive
Preformed Line Products Very Positive

FuelCell Energy currently has a consensus price target of $18.75, indicating a potential upside of 68.01%. Given FuelCell Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe FuelCell Energy is more favorable than Preformed Line Products.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FuelCell Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75
Preformed Line Products
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Preformed Line Products has higher revenue and earnings than FuelCell Energy. FuelCell Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Preformed Line Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FuelCell Energy$123.39M1.67-$107.57M-$7.81-1.43
Preformed Line Products$669.68M1.00$63.33M$6.6620.48

FuelCell Energy has a beta of 3.64, meaning that its share price is 264% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Preformed Line Products has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

42.8% of FuelCell Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.2% of Preformed Line Products shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FuelCell Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.6% of Preformed Line Products 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.

Preformed Line Products has a net margin of 5.76% compared to FuelCell Energy's net margin of -135.76%. Preformed Line Products' return on equity of 7.88% beat FuelCell Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FuelCell Energy-135.76% -17.02% -12.37%
Preformed Line Products 5.76%7.88%5.60%

Summary

Preformed Line Products beats FuelCell Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FCEL vs. The Competition

MetricFuelCell EnergyElectrical industrial apparatus IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$206.57M$1.97B$8.20B$8.97B
Dividend YieldN/A0.55%11.26%4.04%
P/E Ratio-1.436.6115.4213.39
Price / Sales1.671,301.52122.4486.49
Price / CashN/A14.4212.2335.09
Price / Book0.222.643.814.96
Net Income-$107.57M-$176.15M$942.40M$224.10M
7 Day Performance4.30%2.80%0.44%2.01%
1 Month Performance6.65%16.74%6.41%9.79%
1 Year Performance-71.82%-20.84%6.98%29.97%

FuelCell Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCEL
FuelCell Energy
4.0453 of 5 stars
$10.95
-3.5%
$18.75
+71.2%
-71.3%$202.68M$123.39M-1.40510Analyst Forecast
PLPC
Preformed Line Products
2.5302 of 5 stars
$135.50
-0.4%
N/A+6.2%$663.95M$669.68M20.423,520Positive News
LYTS
LSI Industries
4.4475 of 5 stars
$20.22
-1.1%
$19.00
-6.0%
+53.1%$603.37M$469.64M25.871,970
ETN
Eaton
4.5553 of 5 stars
$373.26
-0.6%
$357.83
-4.1%
+61.5%$147.51B$24.61B39.8294,000Positive News
EMR
Emerson Electric
4.7265 of 5 stars
$133.34
+0.6%
$131.11
-1.7%
+48.4%$76.03B$17.49B38.7773,000Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ROP
Roper Technologies
3.0419 of 5 stars
$564.57
-0.3%
$620.80
+10.0%
+5.2%$60.54B$6.18B41.4416,800Positive News
AME
AMETEK
4.4714 of 5 stars
$195.14
+0.4%
$199.29
+2.1%
+24.5%$45.14B$6.60B33.8621,500Positive News
ROK
Rockwell Automation
4.8026 of 5 stars
$296.20
+0.4%
$287.13
-3.1%
+5.6%$33.44B$8.26B35.6427,000
GNRC
Generac
4.079 of 5 stars
$188.03
-0.1%
$174.58
-7.2%
+53.3%$11.19B$4.02B39.058,600Short Interest ↑
Positive News
AYI
Acuity Brands
4.2681 of 5 stars
$323.06
+0.7%
$324.00
+0.3%
+76.1%$9.97B$3.84B23.9713,200Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ENPH
Enphase Energy
4.6519 of 5 stars
$71.35
-1.4%
$101.13
+41.7%
-29.5%$9.64B$2.29B162.163,157Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:FCEL) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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