Enovix (NASDAQ:ENVX – Get Free Report) and Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
50.9% of Enovix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Powell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 12.7% of Enovix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Powell Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Enovix and Powell Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Enovix | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2.50 |
| Powell Industries | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.86 |
Risk & Volatility
Enovix has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Powell Industries has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Enovix and Powell Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Enovix | $31.82 million | 20.00 | -$156.74 million | ($0.81) | -3.58 |
| Powell Industries | $1.10 billion | 6.09 | $180.75 million | $5.21 | 35.41 |
Powell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Enovix. Enovix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Powell Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Enovix and Powell Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Enovix | -473.89% | -64.50% | -19.31% |
| Powell Industries | 16.49% | 27.51% | 15.94% |
Summary
Powell Industries beats Enovix on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Enovix
Enovix Corporation designs develops and manufactures silicon-anode lithium-ion batteries. It serves wearables and IoT, smartphone, laptops and tablets, industrial and medical, and electric vehicles industries. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
About Powell Industries
Powell Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems. The company’s principal products include integrated power control room substations, custom-engineered modules, electrical houses, medium-voltage circuit breakers, monitoring and control communications systems, motor control centers, switches, and bus duct systems, as well as traditional and arc-resistant distribution switchgears and control gears. Its products have application in voltages ranging from 480 volts to 38,000 volts. The company also provide field service inspection, installation, commissioning, modification and repair, spare parts, retrofit and retrofill components for existing systems, and replacement circuit breakers for switchgear. It serves onshore and offshore production, liquefied natural gas facilities and terminals, pipelines, refineries, and petrochemical plants, as well as electric utility, light rail traction power, mining and metals, pulp and paper, data centers and other municipal, commercial, and industrial markets. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Mexico, and Central and South America. Powell Industries, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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