SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG) vs. Xinyi Solar (OTCMKTS:XNYIF) Head-To-Head Survey

Xinyi Solar (OTCMKTS:XNYIF) and SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Xinyi Solar and SolarEdge Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xinyi Solar	0	0	0	0	0.00
SolarEdge Technologies	7	13	1	0	1.71

SolarEdge Technologies has a consensus target price of $37.41, suggesting a potential downside of 28.23%. Given SolarEdge Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SolarEdge Technologies is more favorable than Xinyi Solar.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xinyi Solar	N/A	N/A	N/A
SolarEdge Technologies	-28.56%	-38.66%	-7.72%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Xinyi Solar and SolarEdge Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xinyi Solar	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SolarEdge Technologies	$1.18 billion	2.68	-$405.45 million	($6.13)	-8.50

Xinyi Solar has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SolarEdge Technologies.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

95.1% of SolarEdge Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

Summary

SolarEdge Technologies beats Xinyi Solar on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Xinyi Solar

Xinyi Solar Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, produces and sells solar glass products in the People's Republic of China, rest of Asia, North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Sales of Solar Glass and Solar Farm Business. The company offers ultra-clear patterned solar glasses, back glasses, and anti-reflective coating solar glasses to photovoltaic module manufacturers. It also develops, operates, and manages solar farms; and provides engineering, procurement, and construction services. In addition, the company engages in the provision of solar power systems; and trading of solar glass products. Xinyi Solar Holdings Limited was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Wuhu, the People's Republic of China.

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.