Stabilis Solutions (NASDAQ:SLNG – Get Free Report) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
3.8% of Stabilis Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 72.2% of Stabilis Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
Stabilis Solutions has a beta of -0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.88, suggesting that its stock price is 188% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Stabilis Solutions | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Fluence Energy | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1.92 |
Stabilis Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 121.73%. Fluence Energy has a consensus target price of $13.76, indicating a potential downside of 49.18%. Given Stabilis Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Stabilis Solutions is more favorable than Fluence Energy.
Profitability
This table compares Stabilis Solutions and Fluence Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Stabilis Solutions | 1.40% | 1.53% | 1.20% |
| Fluence Energy | -2.14% | -9.21% | -2.17% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Stabilis Solutions and Fluence Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Stabilis Solutions | $73.29 million | 1.14 | $4.60 million | $0.05 | 90.20 |
| Fluence Energy | $2.26 billion | 2.19 | -$48.31 million | ($0.42) | -64.48 |
Stabilis Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fluence Energy. Fluence Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stabilis Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Stabilis Solutions beats Fluence Energy on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Stabilis Solutions
Stabilis Solutions, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, an energy transition company, provides clean energy production, storage, transportation, and fueling solutions primarily using liquefied natural gas (LNG) to various end markets in North America. The company offers LNG solutions to customers in aerospace, agriculture, energy, industrial, marine bunkering, mining, pipeline, remote power, and utility markets. It also provides engineering and field support services, as well as rents cryogenic equipment. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Stabilis Solutions, Inc. is a subsidiary of LNG Investment Company LLC.
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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