FuelCell Energy (FCEL) Competitors

FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) and Ultralife (NASDAQ:ULBI) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FCEL or ULBI?

FuelCell Energy received 232 more outperform votes than Ultralife when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.35% of users gave Ultralife an outperform vote while only 65.55% of users gave FuelCell Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FuelCell Energy	Outperform Votes 491 65.55%	Underperform Votes 258 34.45%
Ultralife	Outperform Votes 259 71.35%	Underperform Votes 104 28.65%

Do analysts rate FCEL or ULBI?

FuelCell Energy presently has a consensus price target of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 115.22%. Ultralife has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.65%. Given FuelCell Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FuelCell Energy is more favorable than Ultralife.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FuelCell Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Ultralife	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FCEL or ULBI?

Ultralife has higher revenue and earnings than FuelCell Energy. FuelCell Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ultralife, 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
FuelCell Energy	$123.39M	3.40	-$107.57M	-$0.27	-3.44
Ultralife	$158.64M	1.20	$7.20M	$0.64	18.03

Does the media prefer FCEL or ULBI?

In the previous week, Ultralife had 10 more articles in the media than FuelCell Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ultralife and 2 mentions for FuelCell Energy. FuelCell Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Ultralife's score of 0.59 indicating that FuelCell Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FuelCell Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ultralife	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, FCEL or ULBI?

FuelCell Energy has a beta of 3.76, meaning that its stock price is 276% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultralife has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FCEL or ULBI?

42.8% of FuelCell Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of Ultralife shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FuelCell Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.7% of Ultralife shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FCEL or ULBI more profitable?

Ultralife has a net margin of 6.19% compared to FuelCell Energy's net margin of -105.56%. Ultralife's return on equity of 10.31% beat FuelCell Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FuelCell Energy	-105.56%	-15.89%	-11.81%
Ultralife	6.19%	10.31%	7.19%

Summary

Ultralife beats FuelCell Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.