Enovix (NASDAQ:ENVX) versus Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL) Head-To-Head Analysis

Enovix (NASDAQ:ENVX) and Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Enovix and Powell Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enovix	2	3	6	1	2.50
Powell Industries	0	3	2	2	2.86

Enovix presently has a consensus target price of $11.77, indicating a potential upside of 307.36%. Powell Industries has a consensus target price of $215.42, indicating a potential upside of 13.66%. Given Enovix’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Enovix is more favorable than Powell Industries.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

50.9% of Enovix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Powell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.7% of Enovix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Powell Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Enovix and Powell Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enovix	-473.89%	-64.50%	-19.31%
Powell Industries	16.49%	27.51%	15.94%

Risk and Volatility

Enovix has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Powell Industries has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Enovix and Powell Industries”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enovix	$31.82 million	19.93	-$156.74 million	($0.81)	-3.57
Powell Industries	$1.10 billion	6.25	$180.75 million	$5.21	36.38

Powell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Enovix. Enovix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Powell Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Powell Industries beats Enovix on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Enovix

Enovix Corporation designs develops and manufactures silicon-anode lithium-ion batteries. It serves wearables and IoT, smartphone, laptops and tablets, industrial and medical, and electric vehicles industries. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

About Powell Industries

Powell Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems. The company’s principal products include integrated power control room substations, custom-engineered modules, electrical houses, medium-voltage circuit breakers, monitoring and control communications systems, motor control centers, switches, and bus duct systems, as well as traditional and arc-resistant distribution switchgears and control gears. Its products have application in voltages ranging from 480 volts to 38,000 volts. The company also provide field service inspection, installation, commissioning, modification and repair, spare parts, retrofit and retrofill components for existing systems, and replacement circuit breakers for switchgear. It serves onshore and offshore production, liquefied natural gas facilities and terminals, pipelines, refineries, and petrochemical plants, as well as electric utility, light rail traction power, mining and metals, pulp and paper, data centers and other municipal, commercial, and industrial markets. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Mexico, and Central and South America. Powell Industries, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.