Critical Analysis: SUNation Energy (SUNE) and The Competition

SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNE) is one of 75 public companies in the “Other Alt Energy” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare SUNation Energy to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares SUNation Energy and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SUNation Energy	-41.62%	-158.58%	-50.14%
SUNation Energy Competitors	-28.63%	-21.53%	-3.91%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for SUNation Energy and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SUNation Energy	1	0	0	0	1.00
SUNation Energy Competitors	427	1186	1838	80	2.44

As a group, “Other Alt Energy” companies have a potential upside of 9.81%. Given SUNation Energy’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SUNation Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SUNation Energy and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SUNation Energy	$55.79 million	-$15.85 million	0.00
SUNation Energy Competitors	$18.65 billion	$321.02 million	-7.39

SUNation Energy’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than SUNation Energy. SUNation Energy is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

4.2% of SUNation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of shares of all “Other Alt Energy” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of SUNation Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of shares of all “Other Alt Energy” companies are held 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.

Risk & Volatility

SUNation Energy has a beta of 3.22, indicating that its stock price is 222% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SUNation Energy’s competitors have a beta of -76.01, indicating that their average stock price is 7,701% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SUNation Energy competitors beat SUNation Energy on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About SUNation Energy

SUNation Energy Inc. is focused on local and regional solar, storage and energy services companies. Its portfolio of brands provides homeowners and businesses of all sizes with an end-to-end product offering spanning solar, battery storage and grid services. SUNation Energy Inc., formerly known as Pineapple Energy, is based in RONKONKOMA, N.Y.