SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG – Get Free Report) and Solidion Technology (NASDAQ:STI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Risk and Volatility
SolarEdge Technologies has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Solidion Technology has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
95.1% of SolarEdge Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of SolarEdge Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Solidion Technology shares are owned by 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
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SolarEdge Technologies | $1.33 billion | 1.45 | -$405.45 million | ($4.50) | -6.99 |
| Solidion Technology | $219,690.00 | 176.51 | -$41.00 million | ($12.85) | -0.35 |
Solidion Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SolarEdge Technologies. SolarEdge Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Solidion Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares SolarEdge Technologies and Solidion Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SolarEdge Technologies | -20.29% | -29.17% | -5.62% |
| Solidion Technology | N/A | N/A | -119.29% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for SolarEdge Technologies and Solidion Technology, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SolarEdge Technologies | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1.83 |
| Solidion Technology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
SolarEdge Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $38.73, suggesting a potential upside of 23.13%. Given SolarEdge Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SolarEdge Technologies is more favorable than Solidion Technology.
Summary
SolarEdge Technologies beats Solidion Technology on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Solidion Technology
Solidion Technology Inc. engages in the development and supply of battery materials, components, cells, and selected module/pack technologies. Its products include advanced anode materials; three classes of solid-state batteries, including silicon-rich all-solid-state lithium-ion cells; anode less lithium metal cells; and lithium-sulfur cells. The company was formerly known as Honeycomb Battery Company and changed its name to Solidion Technology Inc. in February 2024. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Dayton, Ohio. Solidion Technology Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Global Graphene Group, Inc.
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