Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC – Get Free Report) and Nano Nuclear Energy (NASDAQ:NNE – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.8% of Nano Nuclear Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.76, meaning that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nano Nuclear Energy has a beta of 5.06, meaning that its stock price is 406% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Fluence Energy | -1.62% | -8.29% | -1.85% |
| Nano Nuclear Energy | N/A | -7.62% | -7.51% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Fluence Energy and Nano Nuclear 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 | 1.56 | -$48.31 million | ($0.36) | -53.19 |
| Nano Nuclear Energy | N/A | N/A | -$40.07 million | ($0.69) | -30.90 |
Nano Nuclear Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fluence Energy. Fluence Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nano Nuclear Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Fluence Energy and Nano Nuclear Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Fluence Energy | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2.05 |
| Nano Nuclear Energy | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2.88 |
Fluence Energy currently has a consensus price target of $19.47, indicating a potential upside of 1.67%. Nano Nuclear Energy has a consensus price target of $46.50, indicating a potential upside of 118.11%. Given Nano Nuclear Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nano Nuclear Energy is more favorable than Fluence Energy.
Summary
Nano Nuclear Energy beats Fluence Energy on 9 of the 14 factors compared between 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 Nano Nuclear Energy
NANO Nuclear Energy, Inc. is a microreactor and nuclear technology company, which provides supply energy services. Its products in technical development are ZEUS, a solid core battery reactor, and ODIN, a low-pressure coolant reactor. The company is founded by Jiang Yu in February, 2022 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
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