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Sunnova Energy International (NOVA) Competitors

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$4.89 +0.52 (+11.89%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

NOVA vs. UTL, GNE, ALCE, VVPR, DUK, PCG, PEG, XEL, EXC, and ED

Should you be buying Sunnova Energy International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunnova Energy International include Unitil (UTL), Genie Energy (GNE), Alternus Clean Energy (ALCE), VivoPower International (VVPR), Duke Energy (DUK), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Xcel Energy (XEL), Exelon (EXC), and Consolidated Edison (ED). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.

Sunnova Energy International vs.

Sunnova Energy International (NYSE:NOVA) and Unitil (NYSE:UTL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.

76.8% of Unitil shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Sunnova Energy International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Unitil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Unitil has a net margin of 9.46% compared to Sunnova Energy International's net margin of -51.02%. Unitil's return on equity of 9.43% beat Sunnova Energy International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sunnova Energy International-51.02% -11.15% -2.06%
Unitil 9.46%9.43%2.79%

Sunnova Energy International presently has a consensus target price of $10.73, indicating a potential upside of 119.13%. Given Sunnova Energy International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sunnova Energy International is more favorable than Unitil.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sunnova Energy International
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.52
Unitil
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sunnova Energy International$720.65M0.85-$417.96M-$3.35-1.46
Unitil$557.10M1.76$45.20M$2.9320.61

In the previous week, Sunnova Energy International had 15 more articles in the media than Unitil. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Sunnova Energy International and 3 mentions for Unitil. Unitil's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Sunnova Energy International's score of 0.84 indicating that Unitil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sunnova Energy International
8 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Unitil
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Unitil received 228 more outperform votes than Sunnova Energy International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.79% of users gave Unitil an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave Sunnova Energy International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sunnova Energy InternationalOutperform Votes
110
55.84%
Underperform Votes
87
44.16%
UnitilOutperform Votes
338
61.79%
Underperform Votes
209
38.21%

Sunnova Energy International has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unitil has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Unitil beats Sunnova Energy International on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NOVA vs. The Competition

MetricSunnova Energy InternationalElectric & other services combined IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$611.63M$21.18B$8.73B$20.16B
Dividend YieldN/A3.42%11.51%3.50%
P/E Ratio-1.4621.0813.4244.52
Price / Sales0.852.27121.2717.75
Price / CashN/A8.7311.6721.28
Price / Book0.251.813.494.71
Net Income-$417.96M$896.09M$949.80M$986.85M
7 Day Performance30.88%2.67%3.87%3.73%
1 Month Performance-6.05%-1.50%5.18%3.70%
1 Year Performance-53.27%8.63%414.13%27.73%

Sunnova Energy International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NOVA
Sunnova Energy International
4.5657 of 5 stars
$4.90
+11.9%
$10.73
+119.1%
-53.3%$611.63M$720.65M-1.462,047Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
UTL
Unitil
3.3832 of 5 stars
$60.23
+1.6%
N/A+20.9%$975.12M$557.10M20.56536
GNE
Genie Energy
1.4645 of 5 stars
$15.90
+1.9%
N/A-37.5%$432.48M$428.71M112.87190Insider Trade
Positive News
ALCE
Alternus Clean Energy
N/A$1.43
+3.6%
N/AN/A$4.79M$17.36M0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Down
VVPR
VivoPower International
0.7829 of 5 stars
$0.89
+4.7%
N/A-51.6%$3.59M$15.06M0.00240News Coverage
DUK
Duke Energy
4.5275 of 5 stars
$114.86
+1.0%
$121.85
+6.1%
+26.9%$88.73B$29.06B21.1127,037Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
PCG
PG&E
3.9266 of 5 stars
$21.23
+0.6%
$22.80
+7.4%
+18.8%$55.52B$24.43B16.5928,010Positive News
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.7609 of 5 stars
$92.35
+2.1%
$86.69
-6.1%
+42.9%$46.01B$11.24B22.6912,543Dividend Announcement
Positive News
XEL
Xcel Energy
4.2506 of 5 stars
$71.30
+1.8%
$66.38
-6.9%
+18.1%$40.94B$14.21B21.1611,311Analyst Forecast
EXC
Exelon
4.3741 of 5 stars
$39.30
+1.5%
$41.33
+5.2%
-0.4%$39.48B$21.73B16.1719,962Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.6165 of 5 stars
$98.67
+0.8%
$98.35
-0.3%
+8.7%$34.18B$14.66B18.5814,592Analyst Forecast
Positive News

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