Comparing Sunrise New Energy (NASDAQ:EPOW) & QuantumScape (NYSE:QS)

Sunrise New Energy (NASDAQ:EPOW) and QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Sunrise New Energy and QuantumScape’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sunrise New Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
QuantumScape	N/A	-39.00%	-33.83%

Volatility and Risk

Sunrise New Energy has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuantumScape has a beta of 4.46, indicating that its stock price is 346% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

31.9% of Sunrise New Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.9% of QuantumScape shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.5% of Sunrise New Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of QuantumScape shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Sunrise New Energy and QuantumScape, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunrise New Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00
QuantumScape	1	6	0	0	1.86

QuantumScape has a consensus price target of $6.26, indicating a potential upside of 21.25%. Given QuantumScape’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QuantumScape is more favorable than Sunrise New Energy.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sunrise New Energy and QuantumScape”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sunrise New Energy	$45.05 million	0.50	-$24.23 million	N/A	N/A
QuantumScape	N/A	N/A	-$445.14 million	($0.95)	-5.43

Sunrise New Energy has higher revenue and earnings than QuantumScape.

Summary

Sunrise New Energy beats QuantumScape on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sunrise New Energy

Sunrise New Energy Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of graphite anode material for EVs and other lithium-ion batteries. The company also operates a peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform business. In addition, it offers education consulting, training, tailored, information technology, business incubation, enterprise information technology integration, health, and agricultural technology services, as well as cultural and artistic exchanges and planning, and conference services. The company was formerly known as Global Internet of People, Inc. Sunrise New Energy Co., Ltd. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Zibo, the People’s Republic of China.

About QuantumScape

QuantumScape Corporation, a research and development stage company, focuses on the development and commercialization of solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles and other applications. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.