Emeren Group (NYSE:SOL – Get Free Report) and Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB – Get Free Report) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Emeren Group and Silicon Laboratories, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Emeren Group | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Silicon Laboratories | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 |
Emeren Group presently has a consensus target price of $3.83, suggesting a potential upside of 91.67%. Silicon Laboratories has a consensus target price of $121.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.87%. Given Emeren Group’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Emeren Group is more favorable than Silicon Laboratories.
Risk and Volatility
Profitability
This table compares Emeren Group and Silicon Laboratories’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Emeren Group | -20.91% | -3.15% | -2.41% |
| Silicon Laboratories | -46.93% | -12.60% | -10.85% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
44.1% of Emeren Group shares are held by institutional investors. 37.3% of Emeren Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Silicon Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Emeren Group and Silicon Laboratories”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Emeren Group | $104.67 million | 0.98 | -$3.19 million | ($0.39) | -5.13 |
| Silicon Laboratories | $504.98 million | 6.74 | -$34.52 million | ($7.40) | -14.17 |
Emeren Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Silicon Laboratories. Silicon Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Emeren Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Emeren Group beats Silicon Laboratories on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Emeren Group
Emeren Group Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, develops, builds, and sells solar power projects. It owns and operates 3-gigawatt pipeline of projects and independent power producer assets, as well as a 10-gigawatt pipeline of storage pipeline. The company develops community solar gardens; and sells project rights. In addition, it engages in engineering design; procurement of solar modules; balance-of-system components and other components; and construction contracting and management services. Further, the company generates and sells electricity. It operates in China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Poland, Italy, and Hungary. The company was formerly known as ReneSola Ltd and changed its name to Emeren Group Ltd in January 2023. Emeren Group Ltd was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.
About Silicon Laboratories
Silicon Laboratories Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides various analog-intensive mixed-signal solutions in the United States, China, Taiwan, and internationally. The company's products include wireless microcontrollers and sensor products. Its products are used in various electronic products in a range of applications for the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), including industrial automation and control, smart buildings, access control, HVAC control, and industrial wearables and power tools; smart cities applications, such as smart metering, smart street lighting, renewable energy, electric vehicle supply equipment, and smart agriculture; commercial IoT applications, including smart lighting, asset tracking, electronic shelf labels, theft protection, and enterprise access points; smart home applications, comprising home automation/security systems, smart speakers, smart lighting, HVAC control, smart cameras, smart appliances, smart home sensing, smart locks, and window/blind controls; and connected health applications, including diabetes management, consumer health and fitness, elderly care, patient monitoring, and activity tracking; as well as in commercial building automation, consumer electronics, and medical instrumentation. The company sells its products through its direct sales force, as well as through a network of independent sales representatives and distributors. Silicon Laboratories Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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