SPRU vs. RGCO, SLNG, OPTT, CGBS, SUUN, WAVE, CETY, VVPR, ALCE, and CDZIP
Should you be buying Spruce Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spruce Power include RGC Resources (RGCO), Stabilis Solutions (SLNG), Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT), Crown LNG (CGBS), SolarBank (SUUN), Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE), Clean Energy Technologies (CETY), VivoPower International (VVPR), Alternus Clean Energy (ALCE), and Cadiz (CDZIP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Spruce Power vs.
RGC Resources (NASDAQ:RGCO) and Spruce Power (NYSE:SPRU) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings and risk.
RGC Resources has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spruce Power has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RGC Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Spruce Power. Spruce Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RGC Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RGC Resources received 122 more outperform votes than Spruce Power when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Spruce Power had 1 more articles in the media than RGC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Spruce Power and 0 mentions for RGC Resources. RGC Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Spruce Power's score of 0.00 indicating that RGC Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RGC Resources has a net margin of 13.90% compared to Spruce Power's net margin of -121.98%. RGC Resources' return on equity of 10.91% beat Spruce Power's return on equity.
35.8% of RGC Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of Spruce Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of RGC Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Spruce Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
RGC Resources beats Spruce Power on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SPRU) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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