Critical Survey: Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) & American Power Group (OTCMKTS:APGI)

American Power Group (OTCMKTS:APGI) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for American Power Group and Fluence Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Power Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fluence Energy	6	16	4	0	1.92

Fluence Energy has a consensus target price of $9.48, suggesting a potential downside of 43.62%. Given Fluence Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fluence Energy is more favorable than American Power Group.

Profitability

This table compares American Power Group and Fluence Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Power Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fluence Energy	-0.76%	-3.42%	-0.87%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares American Power Group and Fluence Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Power Group	$3.36 million	2.60	-$1.00 million	N/A	N/A
Fluence Energy	$2.70 billion	1.14	$22.72 million	($0.21)	-80.05

Fluence Energy has higher revenue and earnings than American Power Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.8% of American Power Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

American Power Group has a beta of -0.45, indicating that its stock price is 145% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.88, indicating that its stock price is 188% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fluence Energy beats American Power Group on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About American Power Group

American Power Group Corporation provides patented dual fuel conversion system for primary and back-up diesel generators, and mid-to heavy-duty vehicular diesel engines in North America and internationally. It operates through two segments, Dual Fuel Conversion Operations and Natural Gas Liquids Operations. The company's dual fuel conversion system is a fuel delivery enhancement system that converts existing diesel engines into engines, which run on diesel fuel and compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas; diesel fuel and pipeline gas, well-head gas, or approved bio-methane; and diesel. It also provides flare capture and recovery services to oil and gas production companies. The company was formerly known as GreenMan Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to American Power Group Corporation in August 2012. American Power Group Corporation was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Algona, Iowa.

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.