Financial Survey: SMA Solar Technology (SMTGF) vs. The Competition

SMA Solar Technology (OTCMKTS:SMTGF) is one of 52 public companies in the “Solar” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare SMA Solar Technology to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares SMA Solar Technology and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SMA Solar Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
SMA Solar Technology Competitors	-2,299.32%	-379.52%	-19.15%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for SMA Solar Technology and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SMA Solar Technology	0	1	0	0	2.00
SMA Solar Technology Competitors	471	1376	2124	52	2.44

As a group, “Solar” companies have a potential upside of 26.95%. Given SMA Solar Technology’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SMA Solar Technology has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SMA Solar Technology and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SMA Solar Technology	N/A	N/A	-8.36
SMA Solar Technology Competitors	$1.32 billion	-$161.22 million	2.59

SMA Solar Technology’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than SMA Solar Technology. SMA Solar Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.9% of SMA Solar Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of shares of all “Solar” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of shares of all “Solar” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

SMA Solar Technology peers beat SMA Solar Technology on 8 of the 11 factors compared.

SMA Solar Technology Company Profile

SMA Solar Technology AG, together with its subsidiaries, engages in development, production, and sale of PV and battery inverters, transformers, chokes, monitoring systems for PV systems, and charging solutions for electric vehicles in Germany and internationally. It operates through Home Solutions, Commercial and Industrial Solutions, and Large Scale and Project Solutions segments. The company offers string and central solar inverters for various module types; battery inverters for high voltage batteries, on- and off- grid applications, commercial and industrial storage solutions, large scale storage solutions, and accessories; medium-voltage technology products; and DC-DC converters. It also provides E-mobility charging solutions; monitoring and control solutions for PV systems; and energy data services, as well as digital solutions to design, operate, and service PV systems and energy systems. The company was formerly known as SMA Technologie AG and changed its name to SMA Solar Technology AG in June 2008. SMA Solar Technology AG was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Niestetal, Germany.