Pioneer Power Solutions (NASDAQ:PPSI – Get Free Report) and Wartsila (OTCMKTS:WRTBY – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Pioneer Power Solutions and Wartsila, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pioneer Power Solutions | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Wartsila | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.40 |
Pioneer Power Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 65.88%. Given Pioneer Power Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Pioneer Power Solutions is more favorable than Wartsila.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pioneer Power Solutions | $27.63 million | 1.70 | -$6.00 million | ($0.46) | -9.17 |
| Wartsila | $7.82 billion | 3.22 | $708.26 million | $0.25 | 34.04 |
Wartsila has higher revenue and earnings than Pioneer Power Solutions. Pioneer Power Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wartsila, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Pioneer Power Solutions and Wartsila’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pioneer Power Solutions | -21.71% | -20.22% | -16.16% |
| Wartsila | 9.40% | 24.45% | 8.09% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
10.9% of Pioneer Power Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 26.6% of Pioneer Power Solutions 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
Pioneer Power Solutions has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wartsila has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Wartsila beats Pioneer Power Solutions on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Pioneer Power Solutions
Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, design, manufacture, integrate, refurbish, distribute, sell, and service electric power systems, distributed energy resources, power generation equipment, and mobile EV charging solutions. The company operates through Electrical Infrastructure Equipment and Critical Power Solutions segments. The Electrical Infrastructure Equipment segment provides electric power systems that help customers effectively and efficiently protect, control, transfer, monitor, and manage their electric energy requirements. It also offers e-Bloc power systems, power systems, and circuit protective equipment related products. The Critical Power Solutions segment provides power generation equipment maintenance, repairs, remote monitoring, and equipment services, and EV charging solutions. This segment offers suite generator on a truck and power generation equipment, and repair, maintenance, and support services. Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. serves utility, industrial, and commercial markets. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
About Wartsila
Wärtsilä Oyj Abp offers technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets worldwide. It offers engine power plant products, such as gas, multi-fuel, and diesel engines; GEMS Digital Energy Platform, a smart software platform that monitors, controls, and optimizes energy assets on site and portfolio levels; GridSolv Quantum, a fully integrated energy storage solution, which enables ease of deployment and sustainable energy optimization; GEMS Power Plant Controllers; GEMS Fleet Director, which provides centralized real-time visibility into a global fleet of power plants; and GEMS Grid Controller that conducts intelligent grid control and optimized power management for microgrids of various sizes. The company also provides GEMS smart energy management software platform to remotely monitor, operate, identify, and diagnose assets; lifecycle solutions for power plants; power and propulsion products, such as electric shipping and hybrid ships, engine and generating sets, propulsors and gears, and shaft line solutions; liquid and gas handling products, including ballast water management, freshwater generation, waste and wastewater treatment, gas solutions, and exhaust treatment equipment; port and fleet optimization; simulation and training solutions; and automation, navigation, and control systems. The company was founded in 1834 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.
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