Head-To-Head Comparison: Nextpower (NASDAQ:NXT) and SunPower (NASDAQ:SPWRW)

SunPower (NASDAQ:SPWRW) and Nextpower (NASDAQ:NXT) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SunPower and Nextpower”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SunPower	$294.38 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nextpower	$3.56 billion	5.21	$585.88 million	$3.83	32.20

Nextpower has higher revenue and earnings than SunPower.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for SunPower and Nextpower, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SunPower	0	0	0	0	0.00
Nextpower	0	5	20	0	2.80

Nextpower has a consensus target price of $147.77, suggesting a potential upside of 19.83%. Given Nextpower’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nextpower is more favorable than SunPower.

Profitability

This table compares SunPower and Nextpower’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SunPower	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nextpower	16.46%	28.18%	15.62%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

67.4% of Nextpower shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Nextpower shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Nextpower beats SunPower on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SunPower

Complete Solaria, Inc. provides solar technology and installation services. It offers solar panel designing and installation services, as well as develops a solar digital platform for homeowners and installers. The company also provide financing for solar panels. Complete Solaria, Inc. is based in Fremont, California.

About Nextpower

Nextpower, formerly known as Nextracker, an energy solutions company, provides solar trackers and software solutions for utility-scale and distributed generation solar projects in the United States and internationally. The company offers tracking solutions, which includes NX Horizon, a solar tracking solution; and NX Horizon-XTR, a terrain-following tracker designed to expand the addressable market for trackers on sites with sloped, uneven, and challenging terrain. It also provides TrueCapture, a self-adjusting tracker control system, which boosts solar power plant production by optimizing the position of individual tracker row in response to site features, such as varying topography and changing weather conditions; and NX Navigator, that assists solar power plant owners and operators in monitoring, controlling, and protecting their solar projects. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Fremont, California. As of March 31, 2024 Nextracker Inc. (Nextpower) was formerly a subsidiary of Flex Ltd.