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GWH vs. NRGV, SKYX, ELVA, ELPW, ULBI, NEOV, ZEO, CBAT, STEM, and SCWO

Should you be buying ESS Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESS Tech include Energy Vault (NRGV), SKYX Platforms (SKYX), Electrovaya (ELVA), Elong Power (ELPW), Ultralife (ULBI), NeoVolta (NEOV), Zeo Energy (ZEO), CBAK Energy Technology (CBAT), Stem (STEM), and 374Water (SCWO). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment" industry.

ESS Tech vs.

Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV) and ESS Tech (NYSE:GWH) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

ESS Tech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Energy Vault. Energy Vault is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESS Tech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Energy Vault$46.20M2.35-$98.44M-$0.93-0.76
ESS Tech$6.30M4.29-$77.58M-$7.17-0.31

In the previous week, Energy Vault had 4 more articles in the media than ESS Tech. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Energy Vault and 0 mentions for ESS Tech. Energy Vault's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat ESS Tech's score of 0.00 indicating that Energy Vault is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Energy Vault Neutral
ESS Tech Neutral

Energy Vault currently has a consensus price target of $1.81, suggesting a potential upside of 158.04%. ESS Tech has a consensus price target of $10.20, suggesting a potential upside of 357.40%. Given ESS Tech's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ESS Tech is more favorable than Energy Vault.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Energy Vault
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
ESS Tech
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.78

Energy Vault has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESS Tech has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

40.0% of Energy Vault shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of ESS Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Energy Vault shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of ESS Tech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Energy Vault received 3 more outperform votes than ESS Tech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.37% of users gave Energy Vault an outperform vote while only 31.25% of users gave ESS Tech an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Energy VaultOutperform Votes
18
47.37%
Underperform Votes
20
52.63%
ESS TechOutperform Votes
15
31.25%
Underperform Votes
33
68.75%

Energy Vault has a net margin of -73.37% compared to ESS Tech's net margin of -1,263.79%. Energy Vault's return on equity of -47.41% beat ESS Tech's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Energy Vault-73.37% -47.41% -33.86%
ESS Tech -1,263.79%-101.96%-66.46%

Summary

Energy Vault beats ESS Tech on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GWH vs. The Competition

MetricESS Techelectrical machinery, equipment, & supplies IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.60M$777.50M$23.00B$18.91B
Dividend YieldN/A2.76%3.01%4.12%
P/E Ratio-0.349.0242.0732.61
Price / Sales4.2912.922,189.6228.53
Price / CashN/A15.9534.7417.53
Price / Book0.258.066.104.45
Net Income-$77.58M-$72.44M$738.83M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.48%6.15%4.90%3.47%
1 Month Performance-32.63%-3.69%-2.02%-4.92%
1 Year Performance-78.88%-0.32%52,625.64%4.63%

ESS Tech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GWH
ESS Tech
1.9718 of 5 stars
$2.23
-2.2%
$10.20
+357.4%
-79.0%$27.60M$6.30M-0.34270
NRGV
Energy Vault
1.8802 of 5 stars
$0.67
-3.7%
$1.81
+168.9%
-42.9%$102.53M$46.20M-1.0470News Coverage
SKYX
SKYX Platforms
2.2353 of 5 stars
$0.95
-1.8%
$4.00
+321.3%
+25.0%$99.20M$86.28M-2.3730Positive News
ELVA
Electrovaya
3.3434 of 5 stars
$2.45
-1.2%
$6.10
+149.0%
-10.3%$98.26M$43.67M-61.2597News Coverage
ELPW
Elong Power
N/A$1.53
+50.0%
N/AN/A$76.59M$1.40M0.00N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
ULBI
Ultralife
3.4676 of 5 stars
$4.40
-6.8%
$14.00
+218.2%
-57.1%$73.19M$164.46M8.00560Positive News
NEOV
NeoVolta
2.2518 of 5 stars
$2.17
+0.5%
$7.50
+245.6%
+34.7%$72.52M$2.52M-21.705Gap Up
ZEO
Zeo Energy
0.7551 of 5 stars
$1.32
-4.7%
N/A-65.3%$68.23M$110.07M-0.95N/AShort Interest ↓
Gap Down
CBAT
CBAK Energy Technology
1.7968 of 5 stars
$0.70
+4.9%
N/A-30.7%$62.77M$176.61M5.821,050Positive News
Gap Down
STEM
Stem
2.4692 of 5 stars
$0.34
-5.2%
$1.11
+229.2%
-74.9%$58.42M$144.58M-0.06660Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
SCWO
374Water
0.1771 of 5 stars
$0.28
-1.7%
N/A-79.6%$39.86M$445,445.00-3.4520Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:GWH) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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