Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT) & Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) Head-To-Head Survey

Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Enlight Renewable Energy and Fluence Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enlight Renewable Energy	23.58%	7.48%	1.97%
Fluence Energy	-0.76%	-3.42%	-0.87%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

38.9% of Enlight Renewable Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Enlight Renewable Energy and Fluence Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enlight Renewable Energy	$398.80 million	N/A	$44.21 million	$0.92	28.35
Fluence Energy	$2.70 billion	0.53	$22.72 million	($0.21)	-37.86

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Enlight Renewable Energy and Fluence Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enlight Renewable Energy	1	2	3	0	2.33
Fluence Energy	3	17	4	0	2.04

Enlight Renewable Energy currently has a consensus price target of $24.40, suggesting a potential downside of 6.44%. Fluence Energy has a consensus price target of $7.9750, suggesting a potential upside of 0.31%. Given Fluence Energy’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fluence Energy is more favorable than Enlight Renewable Energy.

Volatility & Risk

Enlight Renewable Energy has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.67, indicating that its share price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Enlight Renewable Energy beats Fluence Energy on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Enlight Renewable Energy

Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd operates a renewable energy platform in Israel, Central-Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and the United States. The company develops, finances, constructs, owns, and operates utility-scale renewable energy projects. It develops wind energy and solar energy projects, as well as energy storage projects. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Rosh Haayin, Israel.

About Fluence Energy

Fluence Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers energy storage products and solution, services, and artificial intelligence enabled software-as-a-service products for renewables and storage applications in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company sells energy storage products with integrated hardware, software, and digital intelligence. Its energy storage products include Gridstack Pro, a large-scale front-of-the-meter application; Gridstack, a front-of-the-meter application; Sunstack, a DC-coupled energy storage product for DC-coupled solar + storage projects; Edgestack, for smaller-scale commercial and industrial use cases; and Ultrastack, for critical system requirements of distribution and transmission networks. The company also provides engineering and delivery services to support the deployment of its storage products; operational and maintenance services; and digital applications. It serves independent power producers, developer, utilities, and other generators. Fluence Energy, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Fluence Energy, Inc. is a joint venture of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft and The AES Corporation.