Head to Head Comparison: Solarwindow Technologies (OTCMKTS:WNDW) versus SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG)

Solarwindow Technologies (OTCMKTS:WNDW) and SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Solarwindow Technologies has a beta of -8.22, indicating that its stock price is 922% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SolarEdge Technologies has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Solarwindow Technologies and SolarEdge Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solarwindow Technologies	N/A	-42.41%	-40.25%
SolarEdge Technologies	-28.56%	-38.66%	-7.72%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Solarwindow Technologies and SolarEdge Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Solarwindow Technologies	N/A	N/A	-$2.26 million	($0.03)	-9.07
SolarEdge Technologies	$1.18 billion	2.66	-$405.45 million	($6.13)	-8.46

Solarwindow Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SolarEdge Technologies. Solarwindow Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SolarEdge Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.1% of SolarEdge Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 67.3% of Solarwindow Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SolarEdge Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Solarwindow Technologies and SolarEdge Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solarwindow Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
SolarEdge Technologies	7	15	1	0	1.74

SolarEdge Technologies has a consensus price target of $35.67, indicating a potential downside of 31.25%. Given SolarEdge Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SolarEdge Technologies is more favorable than Solarwindow Technologies.

Summary

SolarEdge Technologies beats Solarwindow Technologies on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Solarwindow Technologies

SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of transparent electricity-generating coatings and methods under LiquidElectricity Coatings brand. The company's coatings generate electricity by harvesting light energy from natural sun, artificial light, and low, shaded, or reflected light conditions, which is applied to rigid and flexible glass, and plastic surfaces to transform ordinary surfaces into organic photovoltaic devices. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

About SolarEdge Technologies

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells direct current (DC) optimized inverter systems for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Solar and Energy Storage. The Solar segment offers power optimizers, inverters, batteries, storage solutions, electric vehicle chargers, smart tracking solutions, and smart energy management software products; Monitoring platform, a cloud-based monitoring platform, which collects power, voltage, current, and system data sent from inverters and power optimizers; and MySolarEdge app, that enables system owners to track their real-time system production and household energy consumption. This segment also provides Designer platform, an web-based tool that helps solar professionals to plan, build, and validate residential and commercial systems; Mapper application for registering the physical layout of new PV sites installed with DC optimized inverter systems; SetApp application that activates and configurate inverters; and grid services. The Energy Storage segment provides lithium-ion cells and containerized battery systems (BESS) solutions for commercial, industrial, and utility markets; modules and racks; purpose-built components and solutions, and hardware and software tools; and pre and post sales engineering support for designing, building, and managing battery and system solutions. The company offers e-mobility products, automated machines, and UPS products; and pre-sales support, ongoing trainings, and technical support and after installation services. It sells its products through solar installers and distributors, electrical equipment wholesalers, and PV module manufacturers, as well as engineering, procurement, and construction firms. SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.