Financial Survey: JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) & Arbe Robotics (NASDAQ:ARBE)

Arbe Robotics (NASDAQ:ARBE) and JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Arbe Robotics and JinkoSolar, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arbe Robotics	1	0	2	0	2.33
JinkoSolar	2	2	3	1	2.38

Arbe Robotics presently has a consensus target price of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 533.79%. JinkoSolar has a consensus target price of $16.62, indicating a potential upside of 51.29%. Given Arbe Robotics’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Arbe Robotics is more favorable than JinkoSolar.

Risk & Volatility

Arbe Robotics has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JinkoSolar has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Arbe Robotics and JinkoSolar”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arbe Robotics	$1.03 million	53.63	-$46.42 million	($0.34)	-1.28
JinkoSolar	$9.37 billion	0.06	-$635.64 million	($7.80)	-1.41

Arbe Robotics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JinkoSolar. JinkoSolar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arbe Robotics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Arbe Robotics and JinkoSolar’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arbe Robotics	-2,116.84%	-90.93%	-54.71%
JinkoSolar	-5.04%	-8.83%	-1.90%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

33.4% of Arbe Robotics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by institutional investors. 53.5% of Arbe Robotics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

JinkoSolar beats Arbe Robotics on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Arbe Robotics

Arbe Robotics Ltd., a semiconductor company, provides 4D imaging radar solutions for tier 1 automotive suppliers and automotive manufacturers in China, Hong Kong, Sweden, Germany, the United States, Israel, and internationally. It offers 4D imaging radar chipset solutions that address the core issues that have caused autonomous vehicle and autopilot accidents, such as detecting stationary objects, identifying vulnerable road users, operation at poor lighting conditions, and eliminating false alarms without radar ambiguities. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

About JinkoSolar

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, production, and marketing of photovoltaic products. The company offers solar modules, silicon wafers, solar cells, recovered silicon materials, and silicon ingots. It also provides solar system integration services; solar power generation and solar system EPC services; and energy storage system, as well as undertakes solar power projects. The company sells its products to distributors, project developers, system integrators, and manufacturers of solar power products under the JinkoSolar brand. As of December 31, 2023, it had an integrated annual capacity of 85 gigawatts (GW) for mono wafers; 90 GW for solar cells; and 110 GW for solar modules. It operates in China, the United States, Mexico, Australia, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan, Vietnam, Egypt, Spain, Germany, and internationally. JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Shangrao, the People's Republic of China.