Contrasting Infinera (NASDAQ:INFN) & SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNE)

Infinera (NASDAQ:INFN) and SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Infinera and SUNation Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Infinera	$1.46 billion	1.08	-$25.21 million	($0.48)	-13.83
SUNation Energy	$56.86 million	0.10	-$15.85 million	N/A	N/A

SUNation Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Infinera.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Infinera and SUNation Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Infinera	1	6	0	0	1.86
SUNation Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00

Infinera presently has a consensus target price of $6.52, indicating a potential downside of 1.81%. Given Infinera’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Infinera is more favorable than SUNation Energy.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.5% of Infinera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.2% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Infinera shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of SUNation Energy 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.

Volatility & Risk

Infinera has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SUNation Energy has a beta of 3.02, indicating that its stock price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Infinera and SUNation Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Infinera	-7.62%	-45.12%	-4.63%
SUNation Energy	-36.51%	-321.39%	-42.37%

Summary

Infinera beats SUNation Energy on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Infinera

Infinera Corporation provides optical transport networking equipment, software, and services worldwide. The company's product portfolio includes Infinera Groove series for modular and sled-based platforms to support a various transport network applications; Infinera 7300 series, an SDN-ready coherent optical transport system; Infinera FlexILS open optical line system that connects various Infinera and third-party terminal equipment platforms over long-distance fiber optic cable providing switching, multiplexing, amplification, and management channels; and Infinera 7090 and 7100 series for transport platforms. It also offers Infinera XTM series, a packet-optical transport platform that enables metro connectivity solutions; Infinera XTC series, a multi-terabit packet optical transport platforms that integrates digital OTN switching and optical DWDM transmission; Infinera mTera series, a network transport solution; and Infinera XT series, a platform that is designed to power cloud scale network services over metro, DCI, long-haul, and subsea networks. In addition, the company provides Infinera Cloud Xpress Family that is designed to meet the needs of internet content providers (ICPs), communication service providers, internet exchange service providers, enterprises, and other large-scale data center operators; and ICE-X Coherent Pluggable Optics. It also offers Infinera Transcend software suite; and system software and customer support services. The company serves telecommunications service providers, ICPs, cable providers, wholesale carriers, research and education institutions, large enterprises, and government entities. It markets and sells its products and related support services primarily through its direct sales force. The company was formerly known as Zepton Networks. Infinera Corporation was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

About SUNation Energy

SUNation Energy Inc. is focused on local and regional solar, storage and energy services companies. Its portfolio of brands provides homeowners and businesses of all sizes with an end-to-end product offering spanning solar, battery storage and grid services. SUNation Energy Inc., formerly known as Pineapple Energy, is based in RONKONKOMA, N.Y.