Critical Survey: Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN) & Its Peers

Maxeon Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:MAXN) is one of 221 public companies in the “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Maxeon Solar Technologies to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Maxeon Solar Technologies and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maxeon Solar Technologies	$176.41 million	-$614.30 million	-0.00
Maxeon Solar Technologies Competitors	$1,259.15 billion	$2.53 billion	8.53

Maxeon Solar Technologies’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Maxeon Solar Technologies. Maxeon Solar Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

Maxeon Solar Technologies has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maxeon Solar Technologies’ competitors have a beta of 2.80, suggesting that their average share price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Maxeon Solar Technologies and its competitors’ 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
Maxeon Solar Technologies Competitors	-1,267.00%	-126.31%	-3.96%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Maxeon Solar Technologies and its competitors, 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
Maxeon Solar Technologies Competitors	3505	12364	25802	999	2.57

As a group, “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 42.63%. Given Maxeon Solar Technologies’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Maxeon Solar Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

47.7% of Maxeon Solar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Maxeon Solar Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of shares of all “Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Maxeon Solar Technologies competitors beat Maxeon Solar Technologies on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

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.