Head to Head Analysis: Altigen Communications (OTCMKTS:ATGN) and SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNE)

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Altigen Communications and SUNation Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Altigen Communications	$13.62 million	1.07	$1.56 million	$0.09	6.28
SUNation Energy	$56.28 million	0.10	-$8.13 million	N/A	N/A

Altigen Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SUNation Energy.

Profitability

This table compares Altigen Communications and SUNation Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Altigen Communications	11.45%	3.89%	3.20%
SUNation Energy	-17.55%	-373.78%	-19.77%

Risk & Volatility

Altigen Communications has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SUNation Energy has a beta of 3.02, indicating that its share price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

4.2% of SUNation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Altigen Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of SUNation Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Altigen Communications beats SUNation Energy on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Altigen Communications

Altigen Communications, Inc. designs, develops, markets, and supports integrated communications solutions worldwide. It provides MaxCS IP-PBX, a software-based phone system that provides customers with business communications solutions; MaxACD Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Contact Center, a software-based automatic call distribution engine, which offers call routing and call distribution options; MaxMobile that extends a set of business PBX functionality to smart phone devices; and MaxCommunicator, a Windows-based desktop application, which provides call control and visual voice mail management to the desktop. The company offers MaxAgent, a Windows-based desktop application to bring call control and workgroup information to call center agents; MaxSupervisor, a Windows-based desktop application for call center supervisors; and MaxACD for Skype, a call center solution. In addition, it provides hosted services, which include hosted IP PBX, Skype for Business, session initiation protocol trunk, call center solution, voice and video calling, conference calling, and various long-distance services; and software assurance services, which offer customers with software updates, patches, new releases, and technical support for the applications they are licensed to use. The company serves financial services, healthcare, retail, and business services industries through a channel of distributors and resellers. Altigen Communications, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Milpitas, California.

About SUNation Energy

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.