Financial Analysis: Pinewood Technologies Group (OTCMKTS:PINWF) versus Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM)

Pinewood Technologies Group (OTCMKTS:PINWF) and Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Pinewood Technologies Group and Beam Global”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pinewood Technologies Group	$30.47 million	N/A	$101.63 million	N/A	N/A
Beam Global	$49.34 million	1.21	-$11.28 million	($1.54)	-2.19

Pinewood Technologies Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Beam Global.

Profitability

This table compares Pinewood Technologies Group and Beam Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pinewood Technologies Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Beam Global	-69.33%	-34.97%	-22.23%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

26.6% of Beam Global shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Beam Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Pinewood Technologies Group and Beam Global, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pinewood Technologies Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Beam Global	1	1	4	0	2.50

Beam Global has a consensus price target of $5.33, indicating a potential upside of 57.79%. Given Beam Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Beam Global is more favorable than Pinewood Technologies Group.

Risk and Volatility

Pinewood Technologies Group has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beam Global has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Beam Global beats Pinewood Technologies Group on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pinewood Technologies Group

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells industrial wood pellets for industrial electrical power generation and home heating consumption in North America, Asia, and Europe. The company produces renewable fuel in the form of industrial wood pellets for electricity generation, which are used by utilities and large-scale power generators to produce renewable and baseload power. It also owns and operates the Westview port facility at Prince Rupert for the storage, handling, and loading of third party wood pellets. The company was formerly known as Pinnacle Renewable Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. in December 2018. Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

About Beam Global

Beam Global, a clean-technology innovation company, engages in the design, development, engineering, manufacture, and sale of renewably energized infrastructure products and battery solutions. Its product portfolio includes EV ARC (electric vehicle autonomous renewable charger), an infrastructure product that uses integrated solar power and battery storage to provide a mounting asset and a source of power for factory installed electric vehicle charging stations; Solar Tree DCFC, an off-grid, renewably energized, and single-column mounted smart generation and energy storage system to provide a 150kW DC fast charge to one or more electric vehicles, such as electric buses, heavy-duty vehicles, agricultural equipment, public transportation, and electric vehicles used in the construction industry; and EV ARC DCFC, a DC fast charging system for charging EVs. The company is also involved in the development of EV-Standard, a lamp standard, EV charging, and emergency power product that uses an existing streetlamp's foundation and a combination of solar, wind, grid connection, and onboard energy storage to provide curbside charging; and UAV ARC, an off-grid and renewably energized product and network used to charge aerial drone (UAV) fleets. It offers its solutions for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, energy storage, energy security, disaster preparedness, street lighting, telecommunications, energy infrastructure, and outdoor media and branding industries. The company was formerly known as Envision Solar International, Inc. and changed its name to Beam Global in September 2020. Beam Global was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.