Shoals Technologies Group (NASDAQ:SHLS) and American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT) Head-To-Head Analysis

Shoals Technologies Group (NASDAQ:SHLS) and American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

9.9% of American Battery Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Shoals Technologies Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of American Battery Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Shoals Technologies Group and American Battery Technology, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shoals Technologies Group	0	7	11	0	2.61
American Battery Technology	1	0	1	1	2.67

Shoals Technologies Group presently has a consensus price target of $10.80, suggesting a potential upside of 44.58%. American Battery Technology has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 302.68%. Given American Battery Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Battery Technology is more favorable than Shoals Technologies Group.

Profitability

This table compares Shoals Technologies Group and American Battery Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shoals Technologies Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
American Battery Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Shoals Technologies Group and American Battery Technology”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shoals Technologies Group	$588.06 million	2.14	$31.98 million	$0.19	39.32
American Battery Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.57)	-2.61

Shoals Technologies Group has higher revenue and earnings than American Battery Technology. American Battery Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shoals Technologies Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

American Battery Technology beats Shoals Technologies Group on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Shoals Technologies Group

Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. provides electrical balance of system (EBOS) solutions and components for solar, battery energy, and electric vehicle (EV) charging applications in the United States and internationally. The company designs, manufactures, and sells system solutions for both homerun and combine-as-you-go wiring architectures, as well as offers technical support services. It provides EBOS components, including combiners; plug-n-play branch connectors and inline fuses; AC disconnects; recombiners; wireless monitoring; junction boxes; wire management; EV power cabinets; and battery energy storage systems cabinets, as well as cable assemblies, transition enclosures, and splice boxes. In addition, the company offers eMobility solutions, such as a power center, which combines equipment needed to protect the charging equipment and transform voltage levels from the electric utility to those needed on the respective site; quick connect solutions for chargers to connect to the Shoals system; big lead assembly (BLA) technology in the EV space to connect multiple chargers to a single power center; and a raceway system that protects the above ground EV BLAs in walk over and drive over applications. Further, it provides Snapshot IV, a solar operations and maintenance solution that monitors the specific voltage and current of individual solar panels and compares the results against the manufacturer's projected performance. The company sells its products to engineering, procurement, and construction firms that build solar energy projects; utilities; solar developers, independent power producers; solar module manufacturers; and charge point operators. Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Portland, Tennessee.

About American Battery Technology

American Battery Technology Company operates as a battery materials company. The company explores for resources of battery metals, such as such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and develops and commercializes technologies for the extraction of battery metals, as well as commercializes integrated process for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The company was formerly known as American Battery Metals Corporation. American Battery Technology Company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.