Rice Acquisition Corp. II (RONI) Competitors

Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) and Rice Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE:RONI) are both small-cap electrical equipment companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend FLNC or RONI?

Fluence Energy presently has a consensus price target of $7.98, indicating a potential upside of 5.77%. Given Fluence Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Fluence Energy is more favorable than Rice Acquisition Corp. II.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fluence Energy	3 Sell rating(s)	17 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.04
Rice Acquisition Corp. II	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FLNC or RONI?

Fluence Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Rice Acquisition Corp. II.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fluence Energy	$2.70B	0.51	$22.72M	-$0.21	-35.90
Rice Acquisition Corp. II	N/A	N/A	$4.07M	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, FLNC or RONI?

Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.67, indicating that its stock price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rice Acquisition Corp. II has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FLNC or RONI more profitable?

Rice Acquisition Corp. II has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Fluence Energy's net margin of -0.76%. Fluence Energy's return on equity of -3.42% beat Rice Acquisition Corp. II's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fluence Energy	-0.76%	-3.42%	-0.87%
Rice Acquisition Corp. II	N/A	-17.93%	-4.49%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FLNC or RONI?

53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Rice Acquisition Corp. II shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Rice Acquisition Corp. II shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer FLNC or RONI?

In the previous week, Fluence Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Rice Acquisition Corp. II. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Fluence Energy and 1 mentions for Rice Acquisition Corp. II. Fluence Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Rice Acquisition Corp. II's score of 0.75 indicating that Fluence Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fluence Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rice Acquisition Corp. II	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Fluence Energy beats Rice Acquisition Corp. II on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.