Solar Thin Films (OTCMKTS:SLTZ) vs. Shoals Technologies Group (NASDAQ:SHLS) Head-To-Head Contrast

Solar Thin Films (OTCMKTS:SLTZ) and Shoals Technologies Group (NASDAQ:SHLS) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Solar Thin Films and Shoals Technologies Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solar Thin Films	0	0	0	0	0.00
Shoals Technologies Group	1	6	10	0	2.53

Shoals Technologies Group has a consensus target price of $9.79, indicating a potential downside of 1.65%. Given Solar Thin Films’ higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Solar Thin Films is more favorable than Shoals Technologies Group.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Solar Thin Films and Shoals Technologies Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Solar Thin Films	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Shoals Technologies Group	$475.33 million	3.51	$33.57 million	$0.20	49.75

Shoals Technologies Group has higher revenue and earnings than Solar Thin Films.

Risk and Volatility

Solar Thin Films has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shoals Technologies Group has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Solar Thin Films and Shoals Technologies Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solar Thin Films	N/A	N/A	N/A
Shoals Technologies Group	6.27%	10.03%	6.63%

Summary

Shoals Technologies Group beats Solar Thin Films on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Solar Thin Films

Solar Thin Films, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and installs thin-film amorphous silicon photovoltaic manufacturing equipment used in plants that produce photovoltaic thin-film a-Si solar panels or modules. The company serves businesses and investment partnerships engaged in the production of photovoltaic thin-film modules; and corporations and governments involved in the construction of solar power plants principally in the United States, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, and Asia. Solar Thin Films, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is based in New York, New York.

About Shoals Technologies Group

Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. provides electrical balance of system (EBOS) solutions and components for solar, battery energy, and electric vehicle (EV) charging applications in the United States and internationally. The company designs, manufactures, and sells system solutions for both homerun and combine-as-you-go wiring architectures, as well as offers technical support services. It provides EBOS components, including combiners; plug-n-play branch connectors and inline fuses; AC disconnects; recombiners; wireless monitoring; junction boxes; wire management; EV power cabinets; and battery energy storage systems cabinets, as well as cable assemblies, transition enclosures, and splice boxes. In addition, the company offers eMobility solutions, such as a power center, which combines equipment needed to protect the charging equipment and transform voltage levels from the electric utility to those needed on the respective site; quick connect solutions for chargers to connect to the Shoals system; big lead assembly (BLA) technology in the EV space to connect multiple chargers to a single power center; and a raceway system that protects the above ground EV BLAs in walk over and drive over applications. Further, it provides Snapshot IV, a solar operations and maintenance solution that monitors the specific voltage and current of individual solar panels and compares the results against the manufacturer's projected performance. The company sells its products to engineering, procurement, and construction firms that build solar energy projects; utilities; solar developers, independent power producers; solar module manufacturers; and charge point operators. Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Portland, Tennessee.