Analyzing AudioCodes (NASDAQ:AUDC) and SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNE)

SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNEGet Free Report) and AudioCodes (NASDAQ:AUDCGet Free Report) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SUNation Energy and AudioCodes”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
SUNation Energy $56.86 million 0.10 -$15.85 million N/A N/A
AudioCodes $242.18 million 1.16 $15.31 million $0.56 16.88

AudioCodes has higher revenue and earnings than SUNation Energy.

Profitability

This table compares SUNation Energy and AudioCodes’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SUNation Energy -36.51% -321.39% -42.37%
AudioCodes 7.11% 10.22% 5.82%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.2% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of AudioCodes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.8% of AudioCodes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for SUNation Energy and AudioCodes, as provided by MarketBeat.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SUNation Energy 0 0 0 0 0.00
AudioCodes 1 0 1 0 2.00

AudioCodes has a consensus price target of $11.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.05%. Given AudioCodes’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AudioCodes is more favorable than SUNation Energy.

Risk and Volatility

SUNation Energy has a beta of 3.02, indicating that its stock price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AudioCodes has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AudioCodes beats SUNation Energy on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SUNation Energy

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SUNation Energy Inc. is focused on local and regional solar, storage and energy services companies. Its portfolio of brands provides homeowners and businesses of all sizes with an end-to-end product offering spanning solar, battery storage and grid services. SUNation Energy Inc., formerly known as Pineapple Energy, is based in RONKONKOMA, N.Y.

About AudioCodes

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AudioCodes Ltd. provides advanced communications software, products, and productivity solutions for the digital workplace worldwide. The company offers solutions, products, and services for unified communications, contact centers, hosted business services, Voice.AI, and service provider businesses. Its products include session border controllers, life cycle management solutions, VoIP network routing solutions, media gateways and servers, multi-service business routers, IP phones solutions, and value-added applications, as well as professional services. The company also offers One Voice Operations Center, a voice network management solution; Device Manager for administering business phones and meeting room solutions; AudioCodes Routing Manager for handling call routing in VoIP networks; and User Management Pack 365 simplifies user lifecycle and identity management across Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business deployments. In addition, it provides AudioCodes Live for Microsoft Teams, a portfolio of managed services for simplifying Teams adoption; appliances for Microsoft Skype/Teams for Business, such as survivable branch appliances, CCE, and CloudBond 365; and a range of value-added voice applications comprising SmartTAP, Voca, VoiceAI Connect, and Meeting Insights. Further, the company offers managed services; and AudioCodes Live Platform is a SaaS solution that enables service providers to offer their business customers a seamless migration to uCaaS solutions, such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom Phone. It primarily markets and sells its products through a direct sales force and sales representatives to original equipment manufacturers, network equipment providers, and systems integrators, enterprises, carriers, and distributors in the telecommunications and networking industries. AudioCodes Ltd. was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Lod, Israel.

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