Meyer Burger Technology (OTCMKTS:MYBUF) versus Nextracker (NASDAQ:NXT) Financial Analysis

Nextracker (NASDAQ:NXT) and Meyer Burger Technology (OTCMKTS:MYBUF) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Nextracker and Meyer Burger Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nextracker	0	9	14	1	2.67
Meyer Burger Technology	0	0	0	0	0.00

Nextracker presently has a consensus target price of $65.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.99%. Given Nextracker’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Nextracker is more favorable than Meyer Burger Technology.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Nextracker and Meyer Burger Technology”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nextracker	$3.10 billion	3.23	$509.17 million	$3.67	18.45
Meyer Burger Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Nextracker has higher revenue and earnings than Meyer Burger Technology.

Profitability

This table compares Nextracker and Meyer Burger Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nextracker	17.55%	37.02%	18.44%
Meyer Burger Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

67.4% of Nextracker shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Nextracker shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Nextracker beats Meyer Burger Technology on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nextracker

Nextracker Inc., an energy solutions company, provides solar tracker and software solutions for utility-scale and distributed generation solar projects in the United States and internationally. The company offers tracking solutions, which includes NX Horizon, a solar tracking solution; and NX Horizon-XTR, a terrain-following tracker designed to expand the addressable market for trackers on sites with sloped, uneven, and challenging terrain. It also provides TrueCapture, a self-adjusting tracker control system, which boosts solar power plant production by optimizing the position of individual tracker row in response to site features, such as varying topography and changing weather conditions; and NX Navigator, that assists solar power plant owners and operators in monitoring, controlling, and protecting their solar projects. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Fremont, California. As of March 31, 2024 Nextracker Inc. was formerly a subsidiary of Flex Ltd.

About Meyer Burger Technology

Meyer Burger Technology AG, a technology company, produces and sells solar cells and modules. The company operates through Modules, Photovoltaics, and Specialized Technologies segments. It offers the products based on proprietary Heterojunction/SmartWire technologies. In addition, the company provides balcony power plants and solar roof tiles. It operates in Switzerland, Germany, rest of Europe, Asia, the United States, and internationally. Meyer Burger Technology AG was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Thun, Switzerland.