PPSI vs. CLIR, AIU, FTEK, AP, FATH, EBON, TPCS, ISDR, CVV, and SNT
Should you be buying Pioneer Power Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pioneer Power Solutions include ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), Meta Data (AIU), Fuel Tech (FTEK), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), Fathom Digital Manufacturing (FATH), Ebang International (EBON), TechPrecision (TPCS), Issuer Direct (ISDR), CVD Equipment (CVV), and Senstar Technologies (SNT). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Pioneer Power Solutions (NASDAQ:PPSI) and ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
ClearSign Technologies received 97 more outperform votes than Pioneer Power Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.15% of users gave ClearSign Technologies an outperform vote while only 40.77% of users gave Pioneer Power Solutions an outperform vote.
Pioneer Power Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than ClearSign Technologies. ClearSign Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pioneer Power Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pioneer Power Solutions has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pioneer Power Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 163.16%. ClearSign Technologies has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 669.13%. Given ClearSign Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Pioneer Power Solutions.
Pioneer Power Solutions has a net margin of 4.17% compared to ClearSign Technologies' net margin of -216.15%. Pioneer Power Solutions' return on equity of 10.10% beat ClearSign Technologies' return on equity.
10.9% of Pioneer Power Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.9% of Pioneer Power Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of ClearSign Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, ClearSign Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Pioneer Power Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ClearSign Technologies and 1 mentions for Pioneer Power Solutions. Pioneer Power Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat ClearSign Technologies' score of 0.57 indicating that Pioneer Power Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Pioneer Power Solutions beats ClearSign Technologies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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