Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF – Get Free Report) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Risk and Volatility
Advantage Energy has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.96, indicating that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Advantage Energy and Fluence Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Advantage Energy | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2.63 |
| Fluence Energy | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2.05 |
Profitability
This table compares Advantage Energy and Fluence Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Advantage Energy | 8.03% | 3.30% | 1.82% |
| Fluence Energy | -2.04% | -10.10% | -2.31% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Advantage Energy and Fluence Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Advantage Energy | $500.25 million | 2.42 | $37.97 million | $0.22 | 32.95 |
| Fluence Energy | $2.26 billion | 1.07 | -$48.31 million | ($0.44) | -29.82 |
Advantage Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fluence Energy. Fluence Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
7.9% of Advantage Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Advantage Energy beats Fluence Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Advantage Energy
Advantage Energy Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploitation, development, and production natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the Province of Alberta, Canada. Its assets are located approximately 4 to 80 km northwest of the city of Grande Prairie, Alberta. The company was formerly known as Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. and changed its name to Advantage Energy Ltd. in May 2021. Advantage Energy Ltd. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
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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