STI vs. GWH, ULBI, ELVA, CBAT, FLUX, DFLI, STEM, NVX, SES, and INTT
Should you be buying SunTrust Banks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunTrust Banks include ESS Tech (GWH), Ultralife (ULBI), Electrovaya (ELVA), CBAK Energy Technology (CBAT), Flux Power (FLUX), Dragonfly Energy (DFLI), Stem (STEM), NOVONIX (NVX), SES AI (SES), and inTEST (INTT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
ESS Tech (NYSE:GWH) and SunTrust Banks (NYSE:STI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.
46.8% of ESS Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of ESS Tech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ESS Tech had 2 more articles in the media than SunTrust Banks. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ESS Tech and 0 mentions for SunTrust Banks. SunTrust Banks' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat ESS Tech's score of 0.00 indicating that ESS Tech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ESS Tech has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SunTrust Banks has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ESS Tech presently has a consensus price target of $2.14, indicating a potential upside of 178.50%. Given SunTrust Banks' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ESS Tech is more favorable than SunTrust Banks.
SunTrust Banks has a net margin of 0.00% compared to SunTrust Banks' net margin of -1,028.89%. ESS Tech's return on equity of -18.38% beat SunTrust Banks' return on equity.
SunTrust Banks received 863 more outperform votes than ESS Tech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.56% of users gave SunTrust Banks an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave ESS Tech an outperform vote.
SunTrust Banks has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ESS Tech.
Summary
ESS Tech beats SunTrust Banks on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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