Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC – Get Free Report) and Brenmiller Energy (NASDAQ:BNRG – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Volatility & Risk
Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.88, suggesting that its share price is 188% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brenmiller Energy has a beta of -1.1, suggesting that its share price is 210% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Brenmiller Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.1% of Brenmiller Energy shares are owned 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.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Fluence Energy | -2.14% | -9.21% | -2.17% |
| Brenmiller Energy | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Fluence Energy and Brenmiller Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Fluence Energy | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1.92 |
| Brenmiller Energy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Fluence Energy presently has a consensus target price of $13.54, indicating a potential downside of 43.14%. Given Fluence Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fluence Energy is more favorable than Brenmiller Energy.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Fluence Energy and Brenmiller Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Fluence Energy | $2.26 billion | 1.92 | -$48.31 million | ($0.42) | -56.71 |
| Brenmiller Energy | $387,000.00 | 5.02 | -$6.77 million | ($29.50) | -0.02 |
Brenmiller Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fluence Energy. Fluence Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brenmiller Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
About Fluence Energy
Fluence Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers energy storage products and solution, services, and artificial intelligence enabled software-as-a-service products for renewables and storage applications in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company sells energy storage products with integrated hardware, software, and digital intelligence. Its energy storage products include Gridstack Pro, a large-scale front-of-the-meter application; Gridstack, a front-of-the-meter application; Sunstack, a DC-coupled energy storage product for DC-coupled solar + storage projects; Edgestack, for smaller-scale commercial and industrial use cases; and Ultrastack, for critical system requirements of distribution and transmission networks. The company also provides engineering and delivery services to support the deployment of its storage products; operational and maintenance services; and digital applications. It serves independent power producers, developer, utilities, and other generators. Fluence Energy, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Fluence Energy, Inc. is a joint venture of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft and The AES Corporation.
About Brenmiller Energy
Brenmiller Energy Ltd. develops, produces, markets, and sells thermal energy storage (TES) systems based on its proprietary technology that enables renewable integration, increases energy efficiency, and reduces carbon emissions. Its TES system dispatches thermal energy on demand in the form of steam, which can be saturated for industrial use, or in the form of a superheated steam, which can be used to activate steam turbines. It markets its proprietary TES systems under the bGen name. The company was formerly known as Brenmiller Energy Consulting Ltd. and changed its name to Brenmiller Energy Ltd. in 2017. Brenmiller Energy Ltd was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Rosh HaAyin, Israel.
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