Head-To-Head Contrast: SunHydrogen (OTCMKTS:HYSR) vs. SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG)

SunHydrogen (OTCMKTS:HYSR) and SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares SunHydrogen and SolarEdge Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SunHydrogen	N/A	N/A	N/A
SolarEdge Technologies	-53.65%	-77.21%	-17.55%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

14.7% of SunHydrogen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of SolarEdge Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of SunHydrogen shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of SolarEdge Technologies shares are owned 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for SunHydrogen and SolarEdge Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SunHydrogen	0	0	0	0	0.00
SolarEdge Technologies	8	16	1	0	1.72

SolarEdge Technologies has a consensus price target of $25.45, suggesting a potential downside of 27.59%. Given SolarEdge Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SolarEdge Technologies is more favorable than SunHydrogen.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SunHydrogen and SolarEdge Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SunHydrogen	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.02)	-1.20
SolarEdge Technologies	$901.46 million	2.33	-$1.81 billion	($9.67)	-3.63

SunHydrogen has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SolarEdge Technologies. SolarEdge Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SunHydrogen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

SunHydrogen beats SolarEdge Technologies on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SunHydrogen

SunHydrogen, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of solar-powered nanoparticle systems that mimics photosynthesis to separate hydrogen from water. Its SunHydrogen panels used to produce renewable hydrogen to produce renewable electricity, fuel cells, and other applications. The company was formerly known as HyperSolar, Inc. and changed its name to SunHydrogen, Inc. in June 2020. SunHydrogen, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Coralville, Iowa.

About SolarEdge Technologies

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells direct current (DC) optimized inverter systems for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Solar and Energy Storage. The Solar segment offers power optimizers, inverters, batteries, storage solutions, electric vehicle chargers, smart tracking solutions, and smart energy management software products; Monitoring platform, a cloud-based monitoring platform, which collects power, voltage, current, and system data sent from inverters and power optimizers; and MySolarEdge app, that enables system owners to track their real-time system production and household energy consumption. This segment also provides Designer platform, an web-based tool that helps solar professionals to plan, build, and validate residential and commercial systems; Mapper application for registering the physical layout of new PV sites installed with DC optimized inverter systems; SetApp application that activates and configurate inverters; and grid services. The Energy Storage segment provides lithium-ion cells and containerized battery systems (BESS) solutions for commercial, industrial, and utility markets; modules and racks; purpose-built components and solutions, and hardware and software tools; and pre and post sales engineering support for designing, building, and managing battery and system solutions. The company offers e-mobility products, automated machines, and UPS products; and pre-sales support, ongoing trainings, and technical support and after installation services. It sells its products through solar installers and distributors, electrical equipment wholesalers, and PV module manufacturers, as well as engineering, procurement, and construction firms. SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.