BE vs. WWD, PLUG, HOLI, THR, BLDP, NPWR, EAF, FCEL, HYZN, and ENCP
Should you be buying Bloom Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloom Energy include Woodward (WWD), Plug Power (PLUG), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Thermon Group (THR), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), NET Power (NPWR), GrafTech International (EAF), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), Hyzon Motors (HYZN), and Energem (ENCP). These companies are all part of the "electrical industrial apparatus" industry.
Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Woodward had 10 more articles in the media than Bloom Energy. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Woodward and 12 mentions for Bloom Energy. Bloom Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Woodward's score of 0.34 indicating that Bloom Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Woodward shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Bloom Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Woodward shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bloom Energy has a beta of 2.77, suggesting that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodward has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Woodward has higher revenue and earnings than Bloom Energy. Bloom Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodward, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Woodward received 102 more outperform votes than Bloom Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.88% of users gave Bloom Energy an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Woodward an outperform vote.
Bloom Energy presently has a consensus target price of $15.64, indicating a potential downside of 3.40%. Woodward has a consensus target price of $174.38, indicating a potential downside of 5.99%. Given Bloom Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Bloom Energy is more favorable than Woodward.
Woodward has a net margin of 11.09% compared to Bloom Energy's net margin of -22.27%. Woodward's return on equity of 16.50% beat Bloom Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Woodward beats Bloom Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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