Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Competitors

JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) and Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has better earnings and valuation, JKS or CSIQ?

JinkoSolar has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Solar. JinkoSolar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Solar, 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	$16.72B	0.07	$485.56M	$7.85	3.02
Canadian Solar	$7.61B	0.13	$274.19M	$3.88	4.06

Do analysts prefer JKS or CSIQ?

JinkoSolar currently has a consensus target price of $26.60, suggesting a potential upside of 10.19%. Canadian Solar has a consensus target price of $31.78, suggesting a potential upside of 105.42%. Given JinkoSolar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Solar is more favorable than JinkoSolar.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JinkoSolar	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
Canadian Solar	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

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

35.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Canadian Solar shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of Canadian Solar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, JKS or CSIQ?

JinkoSolar has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Solar has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor JKS or CSIQ?

In the previous week, JinkoSolar had 9 more articles in the media than Canadian Solar. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for JinkoSolar and 7 mentions for Canadian Solar. JinkoSolar's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Canadian Solar's score of 0.10 indicating that Canadian Solar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JinkoSolar	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Canadian Solar	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JKS or CSIQ?

Canadian Solar received 258 more outperform votes than JinkoSolar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.11% of users gave Canadian Solar an outperform vote while only 56.03% of users gave JinkoSolar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JinkoSolar	Outperform Votes 274 56.03%	Underperform Votes 215 43.97%
Canadian Solar	Outperform Votes 532 59.11%	Underperform Votes 368 40.89%

Is JKS or CSIQ more profitable?

Canadian Solar has a net margin of 3.60% compared to Canadian Solar's net margin of 2.89%. Canadian Solar's return on equity of 11.85% beat JinkoSolar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JinkoSolar	2.89%	11.85%	3.00%
Canadian Solar	3.60%	8.31%	2.47%

Summary

Canadian Solar beats JinkoSolar on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.