Financial Contrast: Oakridge Global Energy Solutions (OTCMKTS:OGES) & Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN)

Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN) and Oakridge Global Energy Solutions (OTCMKTS:OGES) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

91.7% of Sunrun shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Sunrun shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.8% of Oakridge Global Energy Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sunrun and Oakridge Global Energy Solutions”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sunrun	$2.26 billion	1.15	-$1.60 billion	($1.82)	-6.35
Oakridge Global Energy Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Oakridge Global Energy Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sunrun.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Sunrun and Oakridge Global Energy Solutions, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunrun	1	10	11	0	2.45
Oakridge Global Energy Solutions	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sunrun presently has a consensus target price of $19.28, suggesting a potential upside of 66.91%. Given Sunrun’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sunrun is more favorable than Oakridge Global Energy Solutions.

Profitability

This table compares Sunrun and Oakridge Global Energy Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sunrun	-18.80%	-5.15%	-1.53%
Oakridge Global Energy Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Sunrun beats Oakridge Global Energy Solutions on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sunrun

Sunrun Inc. designs, develops, installs, sells, owns, and maintains residential solar energy systems in the United States. It also sells solar energy systems and products, such as panels and racking; and solar leads generated to customers. In addition, the company offers battery storage along with solar energy systems; and sells services to commercial developers through multi-family and new homes. Its primary customers are residential homeowners. The company markets and sells its products through direct-to-consumer approach across online, retail, mass media, digital media, canvassing, field marketing, and referral channels, as well as its partner network. Sunrun Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Oakridge Global Energy Solutions

Oakridge Global Energy Solutions, Inc., a development stage company, provides energy storage solutions in the United States. Its principal products include lithium ion large format prismatic cells; small format prismatic cells; and battery modules. The company distributes its products through a business development and preliminary sales team. The company was formerly known as Oak Ridge Energy Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Oakridge Global Energy Solutions, Inc. in November 2014. Oakridge Global Energy Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Palm Bay, Florida.