SiteOne Landscape Supply (NYSE:SITE – Get Free Report) and ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations for SiteOne Landscape Supply and ClearSign Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SiteOne Landscape Supply | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2.30 |
| ClearSign Technologies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
SiteOne Landscape Supply presently has a consensus price target of $147.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.32%. ClearSign Technologies has a consensus price target of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 244.17%. Given ClearSign Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than SiteOne Landscape Supply.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SiteOne Landscape Supply | $4.54 billion | 1.45 | $123.60 million | $2.74 | 53.82 |
| ClearSign Technologies | $3.60 million | 8.46 | -$5.30 million | ($0.11) | -5.28 |
SiteOne Landscape Supply has higher revenue and earnings than ClearSign Technologies. ClearSign Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SiteOne Landscape Supply, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares SiteOne Landscape Supply and ClearSign Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SiteOne Landscape Supply | 2.69% | 7.80% | 3.88% |
| ClearSign Technologies | -203.65% | -47.61% | -39.34% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of SiteOne Landscape Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
SiteOne Landscape Supply has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SiteOne Landscape Supply beats ClearSign Technologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About SiteOne Landscape Supply
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of landscape supplies in the United States and Canada. The company provides irrigation products, including controllers, valves, sprinkler heads, irrigation pipes, micro irrigation, and drip products; fertilizer, grass seed, and ice melt products; control products, such as herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides, and other pesticides; landscape accessories that include mulches, soil amendments, drainage pipes, tools, and sods; nursery goods, which consist of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, ornamental, shade, evergreen trees, field grown and container-grown nursery stock, roses, perennials, annuals, bulbs, and plant species and cultivars; hardscapes, such as pavers, natural stones, blocks, and other durable materials; and outdoor lighting products that include lighting fixtures, LED lamps, wires, transformers, and accessories. It also offers consultative services consisting of assistance with irrigation project take-offs, commercial project planning, generation of sales leads, business operations, and product support services, as well as a series of technical and business management seminars; and distributes branded products of third parties. The company offers its products under the LESCO, SiteOne Green Tech, and Pro-Trade brand names. It markets its products primarily to residential and commercial landscape professionals who specializes in the design, installation, and maintenance of lawns, gardens, golf courses, and other outdoor spaces through branch network and direct distribution. SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Roswell, Georgia.
About ClearSign Technologies
ClearSign Technologies Corporation designs and develops products and technologies to enhance emission and operational performance, energy efficiency, emission reduction, safety, and overall cost-effectiveness of industrial and commercial systems in the United States, the People's Republic of China, and Hong Kong. The company's technologies include ClearSign core burner technology consists of an industrial burner body and a downstream porous ceramic or metal flame stabilizing structure; ClearSign core process burner technology that provides a direct burner replacement for traditional refinery process heaters; ClearSign core boiler burner technology; ClearSign core flaring burners that can be used individually, or in combination, to provide a flare product with extremely low nitrogen oxide emissions; and ClearSign eye flame sensor, an electrical flame sensor for industrial applications. It serves energy, institutional, commercial and industrial boiler, chemical, and petrochemical industries. The company was formerly known as ClearSign Combustion Corporation and changed its name ClearSign Technologies Corporation in November 2019. ClearSign Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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