Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC – Get Free Report) and LeGrand (OTCMKTS:LGRDY – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Fluence Energy and LeGrand, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Fluence Energy | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1.88 |
| LeGrand | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2.90 |
Fluence Energy currently has a consensus target price of $10.76, suggesting a potential upside of 88.05%. Given Fluence Energy’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Fluence Energy is more favorable than LeGrand.
Profitability
This table compares Fluence Energy and LeGrand’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Fluence Energy | -3.13% | -16.79% | -3.37% |
| LeGrand | 13.01% | 17.74% | 7.34% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.77, indicating that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LeGrand has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Fluence Energy and LeGrand”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Fluence Energy | $2.63 billion | 0.40 | -$48.31 million | ($0.61) | -9.38 |
| LeGrand | $10.72 billion | 3.55 | $1.41 billion | $1.16 | 25.02 |
LeGrand has higher revenue and earnings than Fluence Energy. Fluence Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LeGrand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
LeGrand beats Fluence Energy on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Fluence Energy
Fluence Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers energy storage products and solution, services, and artificial intelligence enabled software-as-a-service products for renewables and storage applications in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company sells energy storage products with integrated hardware, software, and digital intelligence. Its energy storage products include Gridstack Pro, a large-scale front-of-the-meter application; Gridstack, a front-of-the-meter application; Sunstack, a DC-coupled energy storage product for DC-coupled solar + storage projects; Edgestack, for smaller-scale commercial and industrial use cases; and Ultrastack, for critical system requirements of distribution and transmission networks. The company also provides engineering and delivery services to support the deployment of its storage products; operational and maintenance services; and digital applications. It serves independent power producers, developer, utilities, and other generators. Fluence Energy, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Fluence Energy, Inc. is a joint venture of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft and The AES Corporation.
About LeGrand
Legrand SA, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells electrical and digital building infrastructures in Europe, North and Central America, and internationally. The company offers energy distribution, protection, and management solutions, such as electric vehicle charging, residential and small commercial panels, switchboards and power cabinets, and UPS devices; and wiring devices, connected home and building control solutions, and guestroom solutions, as well as back, junction, DCL, and floor boxes. It also provides security, communication, and network solutions, including access security, digital home networks, emergency lighting, fire alarms, IT networks, intercom and door entry, and nurse call systems; conduits and cable management solutions comprising trunking, ducts, tubes, floor boxes, columns and feeders, and workstation solutions; industrial products, such as enclosures, connections, transformers and power supply, marking accessories and cable ties, motor control and protection, fuse protection, and industrial plugs and sockets, as well as control, button, and signaling products; installation accessories, including wiring accessories, extension cords, multi-outlet units, cable ties and fasteners, and connection boxes and terminals; and lighting products and accessories. The company's products are used in hotels, offices, data centers, shopping centers, health care, industrial, and residential buildings. It also exports its products to approximately 170 countries. Legrand SA was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Limoges, France.
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