GWH vs. SES, FREY, SLDP, BYRN, NVX, STEM, ZEO, ULBI, NRGV, and EOSE
Should you be buying ESS Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESS Tech include SES AI (SES), FREYR Battery (FREY), Solid Power (SLDP), Byrna Technologies (BYRN), NOVONIX (NVX), Stem (STEM), Zeo Energy (ZEO), Ultralife (ULBI), Energy Vault (NRGV), and Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE). These companies are all part of the "miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment, & supplies" industry.
ESS Tech (NYSE:GWH) and SES AI (NYSE:SES) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, SES AI had 2 more articles in the media than ESS Tech. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for SES AI and 4 mentions for ESS Tech. ESS Tech's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat SES AI's score of -0.04 indicating that ESS Tech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
46.8% of ESS Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.8% of SES AI shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of ESS Tech shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of SES AI shares are owned 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.
SES AI has a net margin of 0.00% compared to ESS Tech's net margin of -746.89%. SES AI's return on equity of -14.81% beat ESS Tech's return on equity.
ESS Tech has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SES AI has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ESS Tech currently has a consensus target price of $2.11, indicating a potential upside of 182.46%. SES AI has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 420.00%. Given SES AI's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SES AI is more favorable than ESS Tech.
ESS Tech received 12 more outperform votes than SES AI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 35.29% of users gave ESS Tech an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave SES AI an outperform vote.
SES AI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ESS Tech. SES AI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESS Tech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SES AI beats ESS Tech on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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