Energizer (NYSE:ENR) & Big Tree Cloud (NASDAQ:DSY) Critical Review

Big Tree Cloud (NASDAQ:DSY) and Energizer (NYSE:ENR) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

60.2% of Big Tree Cloud shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Energizer shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.1% of Big Tree Cloud shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Energizer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Big Tree Cloud and Energizer, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Big Tree Cloud	1	0	0	0	1.00
Energizer	0	7	1	0	2.12

Energizer has a consensus target price of $23.14, suggesting a potential upside of 13.48%. Given Energizer’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energizer is more favorable than Big Tree Cloud.

Volatility and Risk

Big Tree Cloud has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energizer has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Big Tree Cloud and Energizer’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Big Tree Cloud	N/A	N/A	N/A
Energizer	6.55%	144.22%	5.37%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Big Tree Cloud and Energizer”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Big Tree Cloud	$2.56 million	7.31	-$32.53 million	N/A	N/A
Energizer	$2.95 billion	0.47	$239.00 million	$2.73	7.47

Energizer has higher revenue and earnings than Big Tree Cloud.

Summary

Energizer beats Big Tree Cloud on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Big Tree Cloud

Big Tree Cloud Holdings Limited manufactures and sells personal care products and other consumer goods. The company is based in Shenzhen, China. Big Tree Cloud Holdings Limited operates as a subsidiary of Ploutos Group Limited.

About Energizer

Energizer Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes household batteries, specialty batteries, and lighting products worldwide. It offers lithium, alkaline, carbon zinc, nickel metal hydride, zinc air, and silver oxide batteries under the Energizer, Eveready, and Rayovac brands; primary, rechargeable, specialty, and hearing aid batteries; and handheld, headlights, lanterns, and area lights, as well as flashlights under the Hard Case, Dolphin, and WeatherReady brands. The company licenses the Energizer, Rayovac, and Eveready brands to companies developing consumer solutions in solar, automotive batteries, portable power for critical devices, generators, power tools, household light bulbs, and other lighting products. In addition, it designs and markets automotive fragrance and appearance products, including protectants, wipes, tire and wheel care products, glass cleaners, leather care products, air fresheners, and washes to clean, shine, refresh, and protect interior and exterior automobile surfaces under the brand names of Armor All, Nu Finish, Refresh Your Car!, LEXOL, Eagle One, California Scents, Driven, Bahama & Co, Carnu, Grand Prix, Kit, and Tempo; STP branded fuel and oil additives, functional fluids, and other performance chemical products; and do-it-yourself automotive air conditioning recharge products under the A/C PRO brand name, as well as other refrigerant and recharge kits, sealants, and accessories. The company sells its products through direct sales force, distributors, and wholesalers; and various retail and business-to-business channels, including mass merchandisers, club, electronics, food, home improvement, dollar store, auto, drug, hardware, e-commerce, convenience, sporting goods, hobby/craft, office, industrial, medical, and catalog. Energizer Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.