Reviewing Tigo Energy (NASDAQ:TYGO) and Solar Integrated Roofing (OTCMKTS:SIRC)

Solar Integrated Roofing (OTCMKTS:SIRC) and Tigo Energy (NASDAQ:TYGO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

15.7% of Tigo Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Solar Integrated Roofing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of Tigo Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Solar Integrated Roofing has a beta of -1.61, meaning that its stock price is 261% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tigo Energy has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Solar Integrated Roofing and Tigo Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solar Integrated Roofing	0	0	0	0	0.00
Tigo Energy	1	0	2	0	2.33

Tigo Energy has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.20%. Given Tigo Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tigo Energy is more favorable than Solar Integrated Roofing.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Solar Integrated Roofing and Tigo Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Solar Integrated Roofing	$37.31 million	0.00	-$27.40 million	($0.03)	N/A
Tigo Energy	$103.54 million	2.34	-$1.88 million	($0.05)	-68.60

Tigo Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Solar Integrated Roofing. Tigo Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Solar Integrated Roofing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Solar Integrated Roofing and Tigo Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solar Integrated Roofing	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tigo Energy	-1.82%	-263.41%	-17.81%

Summary

Tigo Energy beats Solar Integrated Roofing on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Solar Integrated Roofing

Solar Integrated Roofing Corp. provides integrated, single-source solar power and roofing systems installation services for commercial and residential properties in the United States. It offers battery backup, electric vehicle charging, roofing, and related HVAC/electrical contracting works; and sells solar panels. The company was formerly known as Landstar Development Group, Inc. and changed its name to Solar Integrated Roofing Corp. in November 2015. Solar Integrated Roofing Corp. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Henderson, Nevada.

About Tigo Energy

Tigo Energy, Inc. provides solar and energy storage solutions for the solar industry. It offers module level power electronics (MLPEs) to maximize the energy output of individual solar modules. The company also provides GO Energy Storage Systems that provide solar energy storage management capabilities; and Energy Intelligence (EI) platform, which provides monitoring and energy demand forecasting capabilities. In addition, it offers GO Battery that provides energy resilience in the event of a grid outage and optimizes energy consumption based on rate plans for home energy needs; GO Inverter, which offers energy conversion for home consumption or export to the grid; GO Link/Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS), a component for battery backup of on-grid systems; and GO Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger to reduce transportation costs. The company serves residential, commercial, and utility sectors through distributors and solar installers in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific regions. Tigo Energy, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California.