Gauzy (NASDAQ:GAUZ – Get Free Report) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares Gauzy and Fluence Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Gauzy | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Fluence Energy | -1.10% | -4.05% | -1.37% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Fluence Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Gauzy | $89.75 million | 2.00 | -$79.27 million | N/A | N/A |
Fluence Energy | $2.14 billion | 1.81 | -$69.62 million | ($0.39) | -55.51 |
Fluence Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Gauzy.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Gauzy and Fluence Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Gauzy | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.25 |
Fluence Energy | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2.74 |
Gauzy presently has a consensus target price of $21.75, suggesting a potential upside of 130.89%. Fluence Energy has a consensus target price of $26.63, suggesting a potential upside of 23.01%. Given Gauzy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gauzy is more favorable than Fluence Energy.
Summary
Gauzy beats Fluence Energy on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Gauzy
Gauzy Ltd. is a fully-integrated light and vision control company which focused on the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of vision and light control technologies. It operates principally in Germany, France, the United States, Canada, China, Singapore and Dubai. Gauzy Ltd. is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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.
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