Kolibri Global Energy (NASDAQ:KGEI – Get Free Report) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
27.3% of Kolibri Global 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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Kolibri Global Energy has a beta of 0.09, indicating that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.88, indicating that its stock price is 188% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kolibri Global Energy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Fluence Energy | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1.92 |
Kolibri Global Energy currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 161.90%. Fluence Energy has a consensus price target of $13.54, indicating a potential downside of 32.99%. Given Kolibri Global Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kolibri Global Energy is more favorable than Fluence Energy.
Profitability
This table compares Kolibri Global Energy and Fluence Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kolibri Global Energy | 29.74% | 9.37% | 7.01% |
| Fluence Energy | -2.14% | -9.21% | -2.17% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Kolibri Global Energy and Fluence Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kolibri Global Energy | $58.52 million | 2.54 | $18.11 million | $0.50 | 8.40 |
| Fluence Energy | $2.26 billion | 1.63 | -$48.31 million | ($0.42) | -48.12 |
Kolibri Global Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fluence Energy. Fluence Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kolibri Global Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kolibri Global Energy beats Fluence Energy on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kolibri Global Energy
Kolibri Global Energy Inc. engages in the finding and exploiting oil, gas, and clean and sustainable energy in the United States. It sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The company was formerly known as BNK Petroleum Inc. and changed its name to Kolibri Global Energy Inc. in November 2020. Kolibri Global Energy Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.
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.
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