Critical Review: Zeo Energy (NASDAQ:ZEO) and Yankuang Energy Group (OTCMKTS:YZCAY)

Zeo Energy (NASDAQ:ZEO) and Yankuang Energy Group (OTCMKTS:YZCAY) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Zeo Energy and Yankuang Energy Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zeo Energy	$73.75 million	0.50	-$14.01 million	($0.37)	-1.73
Yankuang Energy Group	$18.55 billion	0.77	$1.19 billion	$1.77	8.33

Yankuang Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than Zeo Energy. Zeo Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yankuang Energy Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Zeo Energy has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yankuang Energy Group has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Zeo Energy and Yankuang Energy Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zeo Energy	-15.13%	N/A	-20.46%
Yankuang Energy Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Zeo Energy and Yankuang Energy Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zeo Energy	1	0	0	0	1.00
Yankuang Energy Group	0	0	0	1	4.00

Summary

Yankuang Energy Group beats Zeo Energy on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Zeo Energy

Zeo Energy Corp. provides residential solar energy systems, other energy efficient equipment, and related services in Florida, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri, the United States. The company is involved in the selling and installing of residential solar energy systems that homeowners use electricity required to power their homes. Its residential solar energy systems comprise solar panels, inverters, and racking systems. It also offers insulation services, such as adding insulation to a home's attic or walls; energy efficiency equipment, including hybrid electric water heaters and swimming pool pumps; battery-based energy storage systems; and roofing services. Zeo Energy Corp. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New Port Richey, Florida.

About Yankuang Energy Group

Yankuang Energy Group Company Limited engages in the mining, preparation, and sale of coal in China and internationally. It offers thermal, PCI, and coking coal for electric power, metallurgy, chemical industry, etc.; manufactures, installs, and sells mining equipment and machinery; manufactures and sells coal mining and excavating equipment, cable, and rubber products; manufactures and sells methanol, acetic acid, ethyl acetate, caprolactam, naphtha, crude liquid wax, etc.; produces and sells chemicals and synthesis catalyst; explores for potash mineral; and sells coal mine machinery equipment and accessories, construction materials, petroleum products, and mineral products. The company also provides electricity and related heat supply; railway, river, and lakes transportation; coal mining technology development, transfer, and consultation; underground mines and coal mine management; supply chain management; factoring; engineering; water pollution control; equity investment fund and corporate asset management, investment advisory and corporate management, foreign investment fund, and trading services; solar and wind power, and production management; and financial services, as well as operates as a trade broker and agent. In addition, it engages in the processing, sale, and transportation of coal; coal resource exploration development; LTCC technology development and equipment rental activities; house and financial leasing; wholesale of coal and non-ferrous metals; real estate development and operation, and property management; investment and management of mineral resources; and logistics storage and leasing activities. The company was formerly known as Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited and changed its name to Yankuang Energy Group Company Limited in December 2021. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Zoucheng, the People's Republic of China. Yankuang Energy Group Company Limited is a subsidiary of Shandong Energy Group Co.,Ltd.