Sunrun (RUN) Competitors

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BE or RUN?

Bloom Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sunrun. Bloom Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunrun, 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
Bloom Energy	$1.26B	4.26	-$302.12M	-$0.20	-117.25
Sunrun	$2.04B	0.68	-$1.60B	-$1.82	-3.39

Which has more risk & volatility, BE or RUN?

Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.06, meaning that its share price is 206% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunrun has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BE or RUN?

In the previous week, Sunrun had 10 more articles in the media than Bloom Energy. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Sunrun and 36 mentions for Bloom Energy. Bloom Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Sunrun's score of 0.22 indicating that Bloom Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bloom Energy	15 Very Positive mention(s)	16 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sunrun	8 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	11 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BE or RUN?

77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Sunrun shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.8% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Sunrun shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer BE or RUN?

Bloom Energy currently has a consensus target price of $24.47, indicating a potential upside of 4.35%. Sunrun has a consensus target price of $17.61, indicating a potential upside of 185.48%. Given Sunrun's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sunrun is more favorable than Bloom Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloom Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
Sunrun	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Is BE or RUN more profitable?

Bloom Energy has a net margin of -10.29% compared to Sunrun's net margin of -18.80%. Sunrun's return on equity of -5.15% beat Bloom Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloom Energy	-10.29%	-20.32%	-3.94%
Sunrun	-18.80%	-5.15%	-1.53%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BE or RUN?

Sunrun received 359 more outperform votes than Bloom Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.26% of users gave Sunrun an outperform vote while only 59.91% of users gave Bloom Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bloom Energy	Outperform Votes 269 59.91%	Underperform Votes 180 40.09%
Sunrun	Outperform Votes 628 68.26%	Underperform Votes 292 31.74%

Summary

Sunrun beats Bloom Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.