Critical Contrast AES (NYSE:AES) Vs. EuroSite Power (OTCMKTS:EUSP)

AES ( NYSE:AES – Get Your Free Report ) and EuroSite Power ( OTCMKTS:EUSP – Get Your Free Report ) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We’ll compare the two businesses based on risk strength, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Institutional and insider ownership

93.1% of AES shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of AES shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that big money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and volatility

AES has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EuroSite Power has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for AES and EuroSite Power, provided by MarketBeat.

AES currently has a consensus target price of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.10%. Given AES’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe AES is more favorable than EuroSite Power.

return

This table compares AES and EuroSite Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Rating and Earnings

This table compares the gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation of AES and EuroSite Power.

AES has higher revenue and earnings than EuroSite Power.

Summary

AES beats EuroSite Power in 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AES

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AES Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified power generation and utility company in the United States and internationally. The Company owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers such as utilities, industrial users and other intermediaries; owns and/or operates utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit and sell electricity to end customers in the residential, commercial, industrial and government sectors; and generate and sell electricity on the wholesale market. It uses various fuels and technologies to generate electricity, such as coal, gas, hydro, wind, solar and biomass, as well as renewable sources that include energy storage and landfill gas. The company owns and/or operates a generation portfolio of approximately 34,596 megawatts and distributes power to 2.6 million customers. The company was formerly known as Applied Energy Services, Inc. and changed its name to The AES Corporation in April 2000. AES Corporation was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

About EuroSite Power

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EuroSite Power Inc. owns, operates and distributes on-site energy systems in the UK and Europe. Its energy systems produce and supply electricity, heat, hot water and cooling solutions to commercial and industrial customers such as healthcare facilities, hotels, multi-family hotels, multi-family residential buildings, leisure centers, industrial buildings and schools and colleges. . The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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