Analyzing PowerBank (NASDAQ:SUUN) and SunHydrogen (OTCMKTS:HYSR)

PowerBank (NASDAQ:SUUN) and SunHydrogen (OTCMKTS:HYSR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares PowerBank and SunHydrogen’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PowerBank	-40.54%	-24.80%	-8.92%
SunHydrogen	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for PowerBank and SunHydrogen, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PowerBank	0	0	3	1	3.25
SunHydrogen	0	0	0	0	0.00

PowerBank presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 163.16%. Given PowerBank’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe PowerBank is more favorable than SunHydrogen.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

14.7% of SunHydrogen shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of SunHydrogen shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares PowerBank and SunHydrogen”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PowerBank	$43.08 million	1.57	-$2.56 million	($0.45)	-4.22
SunHydrogen	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.0204)	-1.77

SunHydrogen has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PowerBank. PowerBank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SunHydrogen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

SunHydrogen beats PowerBank on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PowerBank

SolarBank Corporation operates as an independent renewable and clean energy project developer and asset operator in Canada and the United States. The company engages in the site origination, development, financing, engineering, procurement, construction, operation, maintenance, and asset management of solar photovoltaic power generation projects. It offers solar energy solutions in the areas of behind-the-meter solar power plants, electricity grid connected community solar gardens, and utility scale solar farms. The company was formerly known as Abundant Solar Energy Inc. and changed its name to SolarBank Corporation in October 2022. SolarBank Corporation was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About SunHydrogen

SunHydrogen, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of solar-powered nanoparticle systems that mimics photosynthesis to separate hydrogen from water. Its SunHydrogen panels used to produce renewable hydrogen to produce renewable electricity, fuel cells, and other applications. The company was formerly known as HyperSolar, Inc. and changed its name to SunHydrogen, Inc. in June 2020. SunHydrogen, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Coralville, Iowa.