Financial Analysis: FTC Solar (NASDAQ:FTCI) Vs. Netlist (OTCMKTS:NLST)

FTC Solar ( NASDAQ:FTCI – Get Your Free Report ) and Netlist ( OTCMKTS:NLST – Get Your Free Report ) are both small-cap oil/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and dividends.

Institutional and insider ownership

45.4% of FTC Solar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Netlist shares are held by institutional investors. 23.1% of FTC Solar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Netlist shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that big money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for FTC Solar and Netlist, provided by MarketBeat.com.

FTC Solar currently has a consensus target price of $1.11, suggesting a potential upside of 361.12%. Given FTC Solar’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe FTC Solar is more favorable than Netlist.

Rating and Earnings

This table compares the gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and FTC rating of Solar and Netlist.

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

return

This table compares FTC Solar and Netlist’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Risk and volatility

FTC Solar has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Netlist has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FTC Solar beats Netlist on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FTC Solar

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FTC Solar, Inc. is engaged in providing solar tracking systems, software and engineering services in the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, South Africa and Australia. The company offers a self-powered, dual-pane portrait, single-axis tracking solution under the Voyager brand; and a portrait single-module solar tracking solution under the Pioneer brand name. Its clients include project developers and solar asset owners, as well as engineering, procurement and construction contractors who design and build solar energy projects. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About Netlist

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Netlist, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets memory subsystems for the server, high-performance computing, and communications markets in the United States and internationally. The company’s portfolio of proprietary technologies and design techniques includes efficient planar design, alternative packaging techniques and custom semiconductor logic to provide memory subsystems; and sells specialty memory modules and flash-based products for use in data center and industrial applications. Resells component products, including solid state drives (SSDs), NAND flash, and dual inline memory module (DIMMs) to storage customers, appliance customers, system builders, and cloud and data center customers; and sells component inventory to distributors and other users of memory ICs. The Company markets and sells its products through a direct sales force and a network of independent sales representatives. Netlist, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

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