Yankuang Energy Group (OTCMKTS:YZCAY) and Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN) Critical Review

Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN) and Yankuang Energy Group (OTCMKTS:YZCAY) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

91.7% of Sunrun shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Sunrun shares are owned 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 Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Sunrun and Yankuang Energy Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunrun	2	8	12	0	2.45
Yankuang Energy Group	0	1	0	0	2.00

Sunrun currently has a consensus target price of $16.81, suggesting a potential upside of 103.30%. Given Sunrun’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sunrun is more favorable than Yankuang Energy Group.

Risk & Volatility

Sunrun has a beta of 2.37, meaning that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yankuang Energy Group has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sunrun	$2.96 billion	0.67	$449.95 million	$1.48	5.59
Yankuang Energy Group	$18.55 billion	0.86	$1.19 billion	$1.78	9.26

Yankuang Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sunrun. Sunrun is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yankuang Energy Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Sunrun and Yankuang Energy Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sunrun	11.59%	9.59%	1.77%
Yankuang Energy Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Sunrun beats Yankuang Energy Group on 9 of the 14 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 Yankuang Energy Group

Yankuang Energy Group Company Limited engages in the mining, preparation, and sale of coal in China and internationally. It offers thermal, PCI, and coking coal for electric power, metallurgy, chemical industry, etc.; manufactures, installs, and sells mining equipment and machinery; manufactures and sells coal mining and excavating equipment, cable, and rubber products; manufactures and sells methanol, acetic acid, ethyl acetate, caprolactam, naphtha, crude liquid wax, etc.; produces and sells chemicals and synthesis catalyst; explores for potash mineral; and sells coal mine machinery equipment and accessories, construction materials, petroleum products, and mineral products. The company also provides electricity and related heat supply; railway, river, and lakes transportation; coal mining technology development, transfer, and consultation; underground mines and coal mine management; supply chain management; factoring; engineering; water pollution control; equity investment fund and corporate asset management, investment advisory and corporate management, foreign investment fund, and trading services; solar and wind power, and production management; and financial services, as well as operates as a trade broker and agent. In addition, it engages in the processing, sale, and transportation of coal; coal resource exploration development; LTCC technology development and equipment rental activities; house and financial leasing; wholesale of coal and non-ferrous metals; real estate development and operation, and property management; investment and management of mineral resources; and logistics storage and leasing activities. The company was formerly known as Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited and changed its name to Yankuang Energy Group Company Limited in December 2021. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Zoucheng, the People's Republic of China. Yankuang Energy Group Company Limited is a subsidiary of Shandong Energy Group Co.,Ltd.