GWH vs. STEM, ELVA, ULBI, CBAT, FLUX, DFLI, NVX, SES, HBIO, and REKR
Should you be buying ESS Tech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ESS Tech include Stem (STEM), Electrovaya (ELVA), Ultralife (ULBI), CBAK Energy Technology (CBAT), Flux Power (FLUX), Dragonfly Energy (DFLI), NOVONIX (NVX), SES AI (SES), Harvard Bioscience (HBIO), and Rekor Systems (REKR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Stem (NYSE:STEM) and ESS Tech (NYSE:GWH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, ESS Tech had 6 more articles in the media than Stem. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ESS Tech and 2 mentions for Stem. Stem's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat ESS Tech's score of 0.42 indicating that ESS Tech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ESS Tech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stem. ESS Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
61.6% of Stem shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of ESS Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Stem shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of ESS Tech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Stem has a net margin of -40.03% compared to Stem's net margin of -746.89%. ESS Tech's return on equity of -36.20% beat Stem's return on equity.
Stem has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESS Tech has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stem presently has a consensus price target of $4.77, suggesting a potential upside of 258.88%. ESS Tech has a consensus price target of $2.11, suggesting a potential upside of 169.99%. Given ESS Tech's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Stem is more favorable than ESS Tech.
Stem received 16 more outperform votes than ESS Tech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.18% of users gave Stem an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave ESS Tech an outperform vote.
Summary
Stem beats ESS Tech on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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