Maxeon Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:MAXN – Get Free Report) and SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
47.7% of Maxeon Solar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of SolarEdge Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Maxeon Solar Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SolarEdge Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Maxeon Solar Technologies and SolarEdge Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Maxeon Solar Technologies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| SolarEdge Technologies | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1.75 |
Risk and Volatility
Maxeon Solar Technologies has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SolarEdge Technologies has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Maxeon Solar Technologies and SolarEdge Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Maxeon Solar Technologies | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SolarEdge Technologies | -28.56% | -38.66% | -7.72% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Maxeon Solar Technologies and SolarEdge Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Maxeon Solar Technologies | $176.41 million | 0.07 | -$614.30 million | ($163.07) | -0.00 |
| SolarEdge Technologies | $1.18 billion | 2.46 | -$405.45 million | ($6.13) | -7.81 |
SolarEdge Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Maxeon Solar Technologies. SolarEdge Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maxeon Solar Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SolarEdge Technologies beats Maxeon Solar Technologies on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Maxeon Solar Technologies
Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. designs, manufactures, markets, and sells solar panels and related solar system components worldwide. The company provides interdigitated back contact and shingled solar cells and panels under the SunPower brand. It offers its products to dealers, project developers, system integrators, distributors, resellers, and residential and small-scale commercial customers. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.
About SolarEdge Technologies
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells direct current (DC) optimized inverter systems for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Solar and Energy Storage. The Solar segment offers power optimizers, inverters, batteries, storage solutions, electric vehicle chargers, smart tracking solutions, and smart energy management software products; Monitoring platform, a cloud-based monitoring platform, which collects power, voltage, current, and system data sent from inverters and power optimizers; and MySolarEdge app, that enables system owners to track their real-time system production and household energy consumption. This segment also provides Designer platform, an web-based tool that helps solar professionals to plan, build, and validate residential and commercial systems; Mapper application for registering the physical layout of new PV sites installed with DC optimized inverter systems; SetApp application that activates and configurate inverters; and grid services. The Energy Storage segment provides lithium-ion cells and containerized battery systems (BESS) solutions for commercial, industrial, and utility markets; modules and racks; purpose-built components and solutions, and hardware and software tools; and pre and post sales engineering support for designing, building, and managing battery and system solutions. The company offers e-mobility products, automated machines, and UPS products; and pre-sales support, ongoing trainings, and technical support and after installation services. It sells its products through solar installers and distributors, electrical equipment wholesalers, and PV module manufacturers, as well as engineering, procurement, and construction firms. SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.
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