Shoals Technologies Group (NASDAQ:SHLS – Get Rating) and BE Semiconductor Industries (OTCMKTS:BESIY – Get Rating) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

63.3% of Shoals Technologies Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Shoals Technologies Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of BE Semiconductor Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Shoals Technologies Group and BE Semiconductor Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

Shoals Technologies Group presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.66%. BE Semiconductor Industries has a consensus price target of $78.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.77%. Given Shoals Technologies Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Shoals Technologies Group is more favorable than BE Semiconductor Industries.

Risk & Volatility

Shoals Technologies Group has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BE Semiconductor Industries has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Shoals Technologies Group and BE Semiconductor Industries' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Shoals Technologies Group and BE Semiconductor Industries' gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

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

Summary

Shoals Technologies Group beats BE Semiconductor Industries on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Shoals Technologies Group

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Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. provides electrical balance of system (EBOS) solutions for solar energy projects in the United States. It produces EBOS components, including cable assemblies, inline fuses, combiners, disconnects, recombiners, wireless monitoring systems, junction boxes, transition enclosures, splice boxes, wire management solutions, and IV curve benchmarking devices. The company also sells EV Charging solutions for public and fleet electric vehicle charging stations; and EBOS systems. It sells its products principally to engineering, procurement, and construction firms that build solar energy projects and install electric vehicle charging stations. Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Portland, Tennessee.

About BE Semiconductor Industries

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BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and services semiconductor assembly equipment for the semiconductor and electronics industries worldwide. The company's principal products include die attach equipment, such as single chip, multi chip, multi module, flip chip, thermal compression bonding, fan out wafer level packaging, hybrid and embedded bridge die bonding, and die sorting systems; and packaging equipment, including conventional, ultra thin, and wafer level molding, as well as trim and form, and singulation systems. Its principal products also comprise plating equipment comprising tin, copper, and precious metal and solar plating systems, as well as related process chemicals; and tooling, conversion kits, spare parts, and other services. The company's principal brand names include Datacon, Esec, Fico, and Meco. It offers its products primarily to multinational chip manufacturers, assembly subcontractors, and electronics and industrial companies. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Duiven, the Netherlands.

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