Critical Contrast: Olenox Industries (NASDAQ:OLOX) versus Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC)

Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) and Olenox Industries (NASDAQ:OLOX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ameresco and Olenox Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ameresco	$1.93 billion	0.52	$44.28 million	$0.52	36.72
Olenox Industries	$2.95 million	0.51	-$18.82 million	($17.93)	-0.05

Ameresco has higher revenue and earnings than Olenox Industries. Olenox Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameresco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Ameresco and Olenox Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ameresco	1.40%	2.82%	0.72%
Olenox Industries	-427.82%	-117.43%	-27.57%

Risk and Volatility

Ameresco has a beta of 2.62, suggesting that its share price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olenox Industries has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ameresco and Olenox Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ameresco	2	5	6	1	2.43
Olenox Industries	1	0	0	0	1.00

Ameresco currently has a consensus price target of $41.89, suggesting a potential upside of 119.37%. Given Ameresco’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ameresco is more favorable than Olenox Industries.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

99.2% of Ameresco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.5% of Olenox Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 45.1% of Ameresco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Olenox Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ameresco beats Olenox Industries on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ameresco

Ameresco, Inc., a clean technology integrator, provides a portfolio of energy efficiency and renewable energy supply solutions in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. It operates through U.S. Regions, U.S. Federal, Canada, Europe, Alternative Fuels, and All Other segments. The company offers energy efficiency, infrastructure upgrades, energy security and resilience, asset sustainability, and renewable energy solutions for businesses and organizations. It designs, develops, engineers, and installs projects that reduce the energy, as well as operations and maintenance (O&M) costs of its customers' facilities; and projects primarily include various measures customized for the facility and designed to enhance the efficiency of building systems, such as heating, ventilation, cooling, and lighting systems. In addition, the company offers renewable energy solutions and services, such as the construction of small-scale plants that the company owns or develops for customers that produce electricity, gas, heat, or cooling from renewable sources of energy and O&M services; and electricity, processed renewable gas fuel, and heat or cooling produced from renewable sources of energy. Further, the company sells photovoltaic (PV) solar energy products and systems, as well as provides consulting, and enterprise energy management services; and operates wind farms. It serves the federal, state, local governments, healthcare and educational institutions, airports, public housing authorities and public universities, municipal utilities, and commercial and industrial customers. As of December 31, 2023, the company owned and operated 185 small-scale renewable energy plants and solar PV installations. Ameresco, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.

About Olenox Industries

Safe & Green Holdings Corp. is a design and construction services company, which engages in the provision of code engineered cargo shipping containers. It operates through the following segments: Construction, Medical, Development, and Corporate and Support. The Construction Services segment includes the manufacturing of unit SG ECHO and other modules projects. The Medical segment consists of joint venture COVID-19 laboratory operations. The Development segment focuses on real property development. The Corporate and Support segment includes general corporate expenses such as the executive office, corporate finance, accounting, audit, tax, human resources, risk management, information technology, marketing, and legal groups, corporate overhead, and other items not allocated to any of the company’s other segments. The company was founded on December 29, 1993 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.