FTC Solar (NASDAQ:FTCI) and Ebang International (NASDAQ:EBON) Head-To-Head Contrast

Ebang International (NASDAQ:EBON) and FTC Solar (NASDAQ:FTCI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ebang International and FTC Solar, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ebang International	0	0	0	0	0.00
FTC Solar	0	2	2	0	2.50

FTC Solar has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.07%. Given FTC Solar’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FTC Solar is more favorable than Ebang International.

Risk & Volatility

Ebang International has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTC Solar has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.1% of Ebang International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of FTC Solar shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of Ebang International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of FTC Solar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Ebang International and FTC Solar’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ebang International	N/A	N/A	N/A
FTC Solar	-82.90%	-98.67%	-44.11%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ebang International and FTC Solar”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ebang International	$5.87 million	3.00	-$36.77 million	N/A	N/A
FTC Solar	$55.57 million	0.97	-$50.29 million	($3.74)	-1.10

Ebang International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FTC Solar.

Summary

Ebang International beats FTC Solar on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ebang International

Ebang International Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the research, design, and development of application-specific integrated circuit chips and manufacture of Bitcoin mining machines under the Ebit brand in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, the Bahamas, and internationally. It also provides mining machine hosting services; and engages in the development of proprietary cryptocurrency exchange platform. In addition, the company offers fiber-optic communication access devices, including multiprotocol label switching fiber-optic access network devices, multi-service access platform integrated business access devices, and wavelength-division multiplexing fiber-optic devices; and enterprise convergent terminal products, which consists gigabit passive optical network, Fiber to the Room products, passive optical network converged gateways, enterprise cloud gateway devices, industrial Internet of Things access devices, and business enterprise smart wireless access devices. It serves the blockchain and telecommunications industries. The company also operates a cross-border payment and foreign exchange platform. It sells its blockchain products directly, as well as through its website; and telecommunication products under the EBANG brand name primarily through supplier contracts. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.

About FTC Solar

FTC Solar, Inc. engages in the provision of solar tracker systems, software, and engineering services in the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, South Africa, and Australia. The company offers a self-powered, two-panel in-portrait, and single-axis tracker solution under the Voyager brand name; and a one module-in-portrait solar tracker solution under the Pioneer brand name. Its customers include project developers and solar asset owners, as well as engineering, procurement, and construction contractors that design and build solar energy projects. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.