Comparing Complete Solaria (NASDAQ:CSLR) & indie Semiconductor (NASDAQ:INDI)

Complete Solaria (NASDAQ:CSLR) and indie Semiconductor (NASDAQ:INDI) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Complete Solaria and indie Semiconductor, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Complete Solaria	0	0	1	0	3.00
indie Semiconductor	0	0	6	0	3.00

Complete Solaria currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 272.67%. indie Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $8.92, indicating a potential upside of 102.65%. Given Complete Solaria’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Complete Solaria is more favorable than indie Semiconductor.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

30.3% of Complete Solaria shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of indie Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.6% of Complete Solaria shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of indie Semiconductor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Complete Solaria has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, indie Semiconductor has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Complete Solaria and indie Semiconductor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Complete Solaria	-321.32%	N/A	-136.87%
indie Semiconductor	-49.88%	-24.04%	-14.42%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Complete Solaria and indie Semiconductor”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Complete Solaria	$40.80 million	2.91	-$269.55 million	N/A	N/A
indie Semiconductor	$228.81 million	3.88	-$117.62 million	($0.67)	-6.57

indie Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than Complete Solaria.

Summary

indie Semiconductor beats Complete Solaria on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Complete Solaria

Complete Solaria, Inc. provides custom solar solutions in the United States. The company offers solar systems to homeowners and small to medium-sized commercial customers. It also provides HelioQuoteTM software system, a platform for residential solar designs, proposals, and engineering services. In addition, the company installs solar systems, as well as provides financing solutions. It offers its products and services through third party sales partners. The company is headquartered in Fremont, California.

About indie Semiconductor

indie Semiconductor, Inc. provides automotive semiconductors and software solutions for advanced driver assistance systems, autonomous vehicle, in-cabin, connected car, and electrification applications in the United States, South America, rest of North America, Greater China, South Korea, rest of the Asia Pacific, and Europe. It offers ultrasonic sensors for parking assist and systems; radar sensors for audio assistance and reverse information; front cameras for vehicle detection, collision avoidance, and sign reading; and side/inside cameras for blind spot and lane change assist, and driver behavior monitoring. The company also provides LiDAR for distance, speed, and obstacle detection, collision avoidance, and emergency brake system; and long range RADAR for audio assistance, obstacle detection, and ACC stop and go. In addition, it designs and manufactures photonic components on various technology platforms, including fiber Bragg gratings, low-noise lasers, athermal and tunable packaging, photonic integration, and low-noise and high-speed electronics. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California.