Comparing Solarwindow Technologies (OTCMKTS:WNDW) and PowerBank (NASDAQ:SUUN)

PowerBank (NASDAQ:SUUN) and Solarwindow Technologies (OTCMKTS:WNDW) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for PowerBank and Solarwindow Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PowerBank	1	0	2	1	2.75
Solarwindow Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00

PowerBank presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 342.48%. Given PowerBank’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe PowerBank is more favorable than Solarwindow Technologies.

Volatility & Risk

PowerBank has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Solarwindow Technologies has a beta of -9.09, indicating that its stock price is 1,009% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares PowerBank and Solarwindow Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PowerBank	-21.31%	-16.47%	-3.68%
Solarwindow Technologies	N/A	-47.10%	-44.32%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares PowerBank and Solarwindow Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PowerBank	$29.76 million	1.77	-$22.25 million	($0.26)	-4.35
Solarwindow Technologies	N/A	N/A	-$2.26 million	($0.03)	-13.93

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

Summary

PowerBank beats Solarwindow Technologies on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PowerBank

PowerBank Corporation, formerly known as 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 Solarwindow Technologies

SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of transparent electricity-generating coatings and methods under LiquidElectricity Coatings brand. The company's coatings generate electricity by harvesting light energy from natural sun, artificial light, and low, shaded, or reflected light conditions, which is applied to rigid and flexible glass, and plastic surfaces to transform ordinary surfaces into organic photovoltaic devices. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.