SUNation Energy (SUNE) and Its Rivals Financial Survey

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

Volatility & Risk

SUNation Energy has a beta of 3.15, suggesting that its share price is 215% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SUNation Energy’s peers have a beta of -76.00, suggesting that their average share price is 7,700% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares SUNation Energy and its peers’ 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	-27.37%	-21.31%	-3.67%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for SUNation Energy and its peers, as provided 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	426	1179	1825	80	2.44

As a group, “Other Alt Energy” companies have a potential upside of 1.12%. Given SUNation Energy’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SUNation Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SUNation Energy and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SUNation Energy	$55.79 million	-$15.85 million	0.00
SUNation Energy Competitors	$18.53 billion	$321.02 million	-5.43

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

4.2% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of shares of all “Other Alt Energy” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of shares of all “Other Alt Energy” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

SUNation Energy peers 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.