Financial Review: Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT) and Summer Energy (OTCMKTS:SUME)

Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT) and Summer Energy (OTCMKTS:SUME) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Enlight Renewable Energy and Summer Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enlight Renewable Energy	0	2	3	0	2.60
Summer Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00

Enlight Renewable Energy currently has a consensus target price of $20.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.16%. Given Enlight Renewable Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Enlight Renewable Energy is more favorable than Summer Energy.

Risk and Volatility

Enlight Renewable Energy has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summer Energy has a beta of -129.18, meaning that its share price is 13,018% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Enlight Renewable Energy and Summer Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enlight Renewable Energy	11.09%	3.03%	0.88%
Summer Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

38.9% of Enlight Renewable Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 56.8% of Summer Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Enlight Renewable Energy and Summer Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enlight Renewable Energy	$398.80 million	4.58	$70.92 million	$0.36	43.89
Summer Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Enlight Renewable Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Summer Energy.

Summary

Enlight Renewable Energy beats Summer Energy on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Enlight Renewable Energy

Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd operates a renewable energy platform in Israel, Central-Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and the United States. The company develops, finances, constructs, owns, and operates utility-scale renewable energy projects. It develops wind energy and solar energy projects, as well as energy storage projects. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Rosh Haayin, Israel.

About Summer Energy

Summer Energy Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a retail electric provider in Texas, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Illinois. It procures wholesale energy and resells to commercial and residential customers. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.