Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) versus Oklo (NYSE:OKLO) Head-To-Head Review

Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) and Oklo (NYSE:OKLO) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Fluence Energy and Oklo”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fluence Energy	$2.26 billion	1.76	-$48.31 million	($0.36)	-60.06
Oklo	N/A	N/A	-$105.66 million	($0.84)	-64.38

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Fluence Energy and Oklo, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fluence Energy	4	12	5	0	2.05
Oklo	2	8	11	2	2.57

Fluence Energy currently has a consensus price target of $19.47, indicating a potential downside of 9.94%. Oklo has a consensus price target of $83.06, indicating a potential upside of 53.57%. Given Oklo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oklo is more favorable than Fluence Energy.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Oklo shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of Oklo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fluence Energy	-1.62%	-8.29%	-1.85%
Oklo	N/A	-8.57%	-8.30%

Risk and Volatility

Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.77, meaning that its share price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oklo has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

About Oklo

Oklo Inc. designs and develops fission power plants to provide reliable and commercial-scale energy to customers in the United States. It also provides used nuclear fuel recycling services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Santa Clara, California.