Critical Survey: Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN) versus Ørsted A/S (OTCMKTS:DOGEF)

Ørsted A/S (OTCMKTS:DOGEF) and Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ørsted A/S and Sunrun, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ørsted A/S	0	0	0	0	0.00
Sunrun	2	8	12	0	2.45

Sunrun has a consensus price target of $16.81, suggesting a potential upside of 71.04%. Given Sunrun’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sunrun is more favorable than Ørsted A/S.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Ørsted A/S and Sunrun”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ørsted A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sunrun	$2.96 billion	0.80	$449.95 million	$1.48	6.64

Sunrun has higher revenue and earnings than Ørsted A/S.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.7% of Sunrun shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Sunrun shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Ørsted A/S and Sunrun’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ørsted A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sunrun	11.59%	9.59%	1.77%

Summary

Sunrun beats Ørsted A/S on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ørsted A/S

Ørsted A/S, together with its subsidiaries, develops, constructs, owns, and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, renewable hydrogen and green fuels facilities, and bioenergy plants. It operates through Offshore, Onshore, and Bioenergy & Other segments. The Offshore segment develops, constructs, owns, and operates offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, and Taiwan, as well as develops renewable hydrogen and green fuels in Europe and on the United States gulf coast. The Onshore segment develops, constructs, owns, and operates onshore wind and solar farms in the United States and Europe, as well as integrated storage. The Bioenergy & Other segments engages in the generation of heat and power and delivery of ancillary services from CHP plants in Denmark; optimizes gas portfolio, and Danish and Swedish B2B markets. The company was formerly known as DONG Energy A/S and changed its name to Ørsted A/S in November 2017. Ørsted A/S was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Fredericia, Denmark.

About Sunrun

Sunrun Inc. designs, develops, installs, sells, owns, and maintains residential solar energy systems in the United States. It also sells solar energy systems and products, such as panels and racking; and solar leads generated to customers. In addition, the company offers battery storage along with solar energy systems; and sells services to commercial developers through multi-family and new homes. Its primary customers are residential homeowners. The company markets and sells its products through direct-to-consumer approach across online, retail, mass media, digital media, canvassing, field marketing, and referral channels, as well as its partner network. Sunrun Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.