FuelCell Energy (FCEL) Competitors

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

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%

Does the media refer more to FCEL or ETN?

In the previous week, Eaton had 50 more articles in the media than FuelCell Energy. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Eaton and 3 mentions for FuelCell Energy. FuelCell Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Eaton's score of 1.31 indicating that FuelCell Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FuelCell Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eaton	41 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FCEL or ETN?

Eaton received 431 more outperform votes than FuelCell Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.24% 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 922 66.24%	Underperform Votes 470 33.76%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Eaton shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, FCEL or ETN?

FuelCell Energy has a beta of 3.71, meaning that its stock price is 271% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend FCEL or ETN?

FuelCell Energy presently has a consensus target price of $10.03, suggesting a potential upside of 103.76%. Eaton has a consensus target price of $357.16, suggesting a potential upside of 27.08%. Given FuelCell Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	0.91	-$126.01M	-$7.83	-0.63
Eaton	$24.88B	4.43	$3.79B	$9.50	29.58

Summary

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