Tigo Energy (NASDAQ:TYGO – Get Free Report) and American Superconductor (NASDAQ:AMSC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
15.7% of Tigo Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of American Superconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 26.6% of Tigo Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of American Superconductor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Tigo Energy and American Superconductor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tigo Energy | 8.97% | -1.74% | -0.64% |
| American Superconductor | 42.56% | 27.41% | 20.63% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Tigo Energy and American Superconductor, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tigo Energy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| American Superconductor | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.80 |
Tigo Energy currently has a consensus target price of $3.73, indicating a potential upside of 356.96%. American Superconductor has a consensus target price of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 112.51%. Given Tigo Energy’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tigo Energy is more favorable than American Superconductor.
Risk & Volatility
Tigo Energy has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Superconductor has a beta of 3.32, indicating that its share price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Tigo Energy and American Superconductor”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tigo Energy | $103.54 million | 0.60 | -$1.88 million | $0.14 | 5.84 |
| American Superconductor | $320.87 million | 3.91 | $133.81 million | $3.03 | 8.54 |
American Superconductor has higher revenue and earnings than Tigo Energy. Tigo Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Superconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
American Superconductor beats Tigo Energy on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tigo Energy
Tigo Energy, Inc. provides solar and energy storage solutions for the solar industry. It offers module level power electronics (MLPEs) to maximize the energy output of individual solar modules. The company also provides GO Energy Storage Systems that provide solar energy storage management capabilities; and Energy Intelligence (EI) platform, which provides monitoring and energy demand forecasting capabilities. In addition, it offers GO Battery that provides energy resilience in the event of a grid outage and optimizes energy consumption based on rate plans for home energy needs; GO Inverter, which offers energy conversion for home consumption or export to the grid; GO Link/Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS), a component for battery backup of on-grid systems; and GO Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger to reduce transportation costs. The company serves residential, commercial, and utility sectors through distributors and solar installers in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific regions. Tigo Energy, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California.
About American Superconductor
American Superconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides megawatt-scale power resiliency solutions worldwide. The company operates through Grid and Wind segments. The Grid segment offers products and services that enable electric utilities, industrial facilities, and renewable energy project developers to connect, transmit, and distribute power under the Gridtec Solutions brand. It provides transmission planning services, which identify power grid congestion, poor power quality, and other risks; grid interconnection solutions for wind farms and solar power plants, power quality systems, and transmission and distribution cable systems; D-VAR systems used for controlling power flow and voltage in the AC transmission system; actiVAR system, a fast-switching medium-voltage reactive compensation solution; armorVAR system installed for reactive compensation, power factor correction, loss reduction, utility bill savings, and mitigation of common power quality concerns related to power converter-based generation and load devices; and D-VAR volt var optimization (VVO) that serves the distribution power grid market. This segment also offers ship protection systems, which reduce a naval ship’s magnetic signature; and ON board power delivery systems, power generation systems, and propulsion systems; and transformers and rectifiers systems. The Wind segment designs wind turbine systems and licenses these designs to third parties under the Windtec Solutions brand. It also supplies power electronics and software-based control systems, engineered designs, and support services; and provides customer support services to wind turbine manufacturers. This segment’s design portfolio comprises a range of drivetrains and power ratings of 2 megawatts and higher. American Superconductor Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Ayer, Massachusetts.
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