JinkoSolar (JKS) Competitors

JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) and SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Do analysts rate JKS or SITM?

JinkoSolar currently has a consensus target price of $27.19, indicating a potential upside of 60.38%. SiTime has a consensus target price of $204.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.11%. Given JinkoSolar's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe JinkoSolar is more favorable than SiTime.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JinkoSolar	3 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
SiTime	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, JKS or SITM?

JinkoSolar has higher revenue and earnings than SiTime. SiTime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JinkoSolar, 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
JinkoSolar	$92.26B	0.01	$485.56M	-$0.75	-22.60
SiTime	$202.70M	16.04	-$93.60M	-$4.05	-34.01

Does the media favor JKS or SITM?

In the previous week, SiTime had 5 more articles in the media than JinkoSolar. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for SiTime and 5 mentions for JinkoSolar. JinkoSolar's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat SiTime's score of 0.81 indicating that JinkoSolar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JinkoSolar	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SiTime	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, JKS or SITM?

JinkoSolar has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SiTime has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of JKS or SITM?

35.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of SiTime shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of SiTime 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JKS or SITM?

JinkoSolar received 161 more outperform votes than SiTime when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.86% of users gave SiTime an outperform vote while only 54.67% of users gave JinkoSolar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JinkoSolar	Outperform Votes 275 54.67%	Underperform Votes 228 45.33%
SiTime	Outperform Votes 114 67.86%	Underperform Votes 54 32.14%

Is JKS or SITM more profitable?

JinkoSolar has a net margin of 0.53% compared to SiTime's net margin of -46.18%. JinkoSolar's return on equity of 4.18% beat SiTime's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JinkoSolar	0.53%	4.18%	1.06%
SiTime	-46.18%	-10.12%	-7.86%

Summary

JinkoSolar beats SiTime on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.