Wartsila (OTCMKTS:WRTBY – Get Free Report) and Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR – 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 valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Risk & Volatility
Wartsila has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ideal Power has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
16.4% of Ideal Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ideal Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Wartsila | 8.19% | 22.76% | 7.28% |
| Ideal Power | -58,031.58% | -61.71% | -55.11% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Wartsila and Ideal Power, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Wartsila | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Ideal Power | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Wartsila and Ideal Power”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Wartsila | $6.98 billion | 2.42 | $544.30 million | $0.20 | 28.50 |
| Ideal Power | $90,000.00 | 486.16 | -$10.42 million | ($1.21) | -4.33 |
Wartsila has higher revenue and earnings than Ideal Power. Ideal Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wartsila, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Wartsila beats Ideal Power on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Wartsila
Wärtsilä Oyj Abp offers technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets worldwide. It offers engine power plant products, such as gas, multi-fuel, and diesel engines; GEMS Digital Energy Platform, a smart software platform that monitors, controls, and optimizes energy assets on site and portfolio levels; GridSolv Quantum, a fully integrated energy storage solution, which enables ease of deployment and sustainable energy optimization; GEMS Power Plant Controllers; GEMS Fleet Director, which provides centralized real-time visibility into a global fleet of power plants; and GEMS Grid Controller that conducts intelligent grid control and optimized power management for microgrids of various sizes. The company also provides GEMS smart energy management software platform to remotely monitor, operate, identify, and diagnose assets; lifecycle solutions for power plants; power and propulsion products, such as electric shipping and hybrid ships, engine and generating sets, propulsors and gears, and shaft line solutions; liquid and gas handling products, including ballast water management, freshwater generation, waste and wastewater treatment, gas solutions, and exhaust treatment equipment; port and fleet optimization; simulation and training solutions; and automation, navigation, and control systems. The company was founded in 1834 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.
About Ideal Power
Ideal Power Inc. focuses on the development and commercialization of its bidirectional bipolar junction TRANsistor solid-state switch technology. It also offers SymCool Power Module designed to meet low conduction loss needs of the solid-state circuit breaker market. The company serves electric and hybrid electric vehicles, electric vehicle charging, renewable energy and energy storage system power converters, uninterruptible power supplies for data centers, industrial motor drives, solid-state circuit breakers, distribution and transmission switches and controls, and other industrial and military markets. The company was formerly known as Ideal Power Converters Inc. and changed its name to Ideal Power Inc. in July 2013. Ideal Power Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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