Analyzing Eos Energy Enterprises (NASDAQ:EOSE) & Andritz (OTCMKTS:ADRZY)

Eos Energy Enterprises (NASDAQ:EOSE) and Andritz (OTCMKTS:ADRZY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Eos Energy Enterprises and Andritz”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eos Energy Enterprises	$15.61 million	105.21	-$685.87 million	($5.22)	-1.21
Andritz	$9.00 billion	0.86	$537.26 million	$1.02	14.66

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

Risk and Volatility

Eos Energy Enterprises has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Andritz has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Eos Energy Enterprises and Andritz, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eos Energy Enterprises	0	4	2	0	2.33
Andritz	1	0	1	0	2.00

Eos Energy Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $6.3750, suggesting a potential upside of 0.87%. Given Eos Energy Enterprises’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Eos Energy Enterprises is more favorable than Andritz.

Profitability

This table compares Eos Energy Enterprises and Andritz’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eos Energy Enterprises	-3,049.55%	N/A	-270.01%
Andritz	5.81%	21.31%	5.79%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

54.9% of Eos Energy Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Eos Energy Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

About Eos Energy Enterprises

Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets zinc-based energy storage solutions for utility-scale, microgrid, and commercial and industrial (C&I) applications in the United States. The company offers Znyth technology battery energy storage system (BESS), which provides the operating flexibility to manage increased grid complexity and price volatility. Its flagship product is Gen 2.3 battery module. In addition, the company offers Z3 battery module that provides utilities, independent power producers, renewables developers, and C&I customers with an alternative to lithium-ion and lead-acid monopolar batteries for critical 3- to 12-hour discharge duration applications; battery management system, which provides a remote asset monitoring capability and service to track the performance and health of BESS and identify future system performance issues through predictive analytics; and project management and commissioning services, as well as long-term maintenance plans. Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey.

About Andritz

Andritz AG provides plants, equipment, and services for pulp and paper industry, metalworking and steel industries, hydropower stations, and solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors in Europe, North America, South America, China, Asia, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Pulp & Paper, Metals, Hydro, and Separation. The Pulp & Paper segment supplies technology, automation, and service solutions to produce pulp, paper, board, and tissue; boilers for power generation; flue gas cleaning systems; nonwovens technologies; panelboard production systems; and recycling, shredding, and energy solutions for various waste materials. The Metals segment provides technologies, plants, and digital solutions, including automation and software solutions, and process know-how and services; and solutions for the production and processing of flat products for welding systems and industrial furnaces, as well as services for the metals processing industry. The Hydro segment supplies electromechanical equipment and services for hydropower plants; offers plant diagnosis, refurbishment, modernization, and upgradation of existing hydropower plants; and pumps for irrigation, water supply, and flood control, as well as turbo generators. The Separation segment offers mechanical and thermal technologies, as well as services and related automation solutions for solid/liquid separation to serve chemical, environmental, food, mining, and minerals industries; and technologies and services to produce animal feed and biomass pellets. The company was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in Graz, Austria.