PLUG vs. BE, HOLI, ATMU, AMBP, ESE, ALG, YOU, AZZ, AIN, and CSTM
Should you be buying Plug Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plug Power include Bloom Energy (BE), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Alamo Group (ALG), Clear Secure (YOU), AZZ (AZZ), Albany International (AIN), and Constellium (CSTM).
Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Plug Power had 52 more articles in the media than Bloom Energy. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Plug Power and 21 mentions for Bloom Energy. Plug Power's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Bloom Energy's score of 0.25 indicating that Bloom Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bloom Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Plug Power. Bloom Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plug Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Plug Power received 500 more outperform votes than Bloom Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.37% of users gave Plug Power an outperform vote while only 60.93% of users gave Bloom Energy an outperform vote.
77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of Plug Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Plug Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bloom Energy has a net margin of -22.27% compared to Bloom Energy's net margin of -181.96%. Plug Power's return on equity of -19.32% beat Bloom Energy's return on equity.
Bloom Energy has a beta of 2.77, meaning that its share price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plug Power has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bloom Energy currently has a consensus price target of $15.74, indicating a potential upside of 27.62%. Plug Power has a consensus price target of $5.49, indicating a potential upside of 68.88%. Given Bloom Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plug Power is more favorable than Bloom Energy.
Summary
Bloom Energy beats Plug Power on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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