Tecogen (OTCMKTS:TGEN – Get Free Report) and Montana Technologies (NASDAQ:AIRJ – Get Free Report) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Tecogen and Montana Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Tecogen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
Montana Technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Tecogen currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 503.06%. Given Tecogen’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tecogen is more favorable than Montana Technologies.
Profitability
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Tecogen | -16.24% | -27.41% | -14.62% |
Montana Technologies | N/A | -7.23% | -3.82% |
Volatility & Risk
Tecogen has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montana Technologies has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Tecogen and Montana Technologies’ gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Tecogen | $25.14 million | 0.74 | -$4.60 million | ($0.16) | -4.66 |
Montana Technologies | N/A | N/A | $1.24 million | N/A | N/A |
Montana Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tecogen.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
63.7% of Montana Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of Tecogen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 40.4% of Montana Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Montana Technologies beats Tecogen on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tecogen
Tecogen Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, and maintains ultra-clean cogeneration products for multi-family residential, commercial, recreational, and industrial use primarily in the United States. It operates through three segments: Products, Services, and Energy Production. The Products segment designs, manufactures, and sells industrial and commercial cogeneration systems. The Services segment provides operation and maintenance services for products under long term service contracts. The Energy Production segment sells energy in the form of electricity, heat, hot water, and cooling to customers under long-term energy sales agreements. The company also offers natural gas-powered cogeneration systems for water and space heating, and/or air conditioning. Its product portfolio includes InVerde e+ and TecoPower cogeneration units for the supply electricity and hot water; Tecochill, an air-conditioning and refrigeration chillers, and hybrid-drive air-cooled and gas engine-driven chillers to produce chilled water and hot water; Tecofrost, a gas engine-driven refrigeration compressors to circulate refrigerant and provide hot water as a byproduct; and Ultera, an emissions control technology. In addition, the company provides long-term maintenance contracts, parts sales, and turnkey installation for products through a network of field service centers. It sells its products to healthcare, housing and hospitality, ice rink and low temperature, recreation facilities, industrial, indoor growing, and breweries markets through in-house marketing, as well as independent sales agents and representatives. Tecogen Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
About Montana Technologies
Montana Technologies Corporation operates as an atmospheric renewable energy and water harvesting technology company. It provides energy and dehumidification, evaporative cooling, and atmospheric water generation through its AirJoule technology. The company is headquartered in Ronan, Montana.
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