Critical Analysis: Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) and AER Energy Resources (OTCMKTS:AERN)

Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) and AER Energy Resources (OTCMKTS:AERN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Fluence Energy and AER Energy Resources, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fluence Energy	1	15	8	0	2.29
AER Energy Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00

Fluence Energy presently has a consensus target price of $14.64, suggesting a potential upside of 127.73%. Given Fluence Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fluence Energy is more favorable than AER Energy Resources.

Profitability

This table compares Fluence Energy and AER Energy Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fluence Energy	0.89%	4.10%	1.31%
AER Energy Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 61.0% of AER Energy Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Fluence Energy and AER Energy Resources”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fluence Energy	$2.70 billion	0.43	$22.72 million	$0.13	49.46
AER Energy Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Fluence Energy has higher revenue and earnings than AER Energy Resources.

Summary

Fluence Energy beats AER Energy Resources on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fluence Energy

Fluence Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers energy storage products and solution, services, and artificial intelligence enabled software-as-a-service products for renewables and storage applications in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company sells energy storage products with integrated hardware, software, and digital intelligence. Its energy storage products include Gridstack Pro, a large-scale front-of-the-meter application; Gridstack, a front-of-the-meter application; Sunstack, a DC-coupled energy storage product for DC-coupled solar + storage projects; Edgestack, for smaller-scale commercial and industrial use cases; and Ultrastack, for critical system requirements of distribution and transmission networks. The company also provides engineering and delivery services to support the deployment of its storage products; operational and maintenance services; and digital applications. It serves independent power producers, developer, utilities, and other generators. Fluence Energy, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Fluence Energy, Inc. is a joint venture of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft and The AES Corporation.

About AER Energy Resources

AER Energy Resources, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in acquiring, managing, and operating oil and gas properties in North America. The company is also involved in the recycling of used motor oil; marketing of related fuel and energy products to users, suppliers, and recycler’s; and real estate business. AER Energy Resources, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.