Head-To-Head Survey: Sunrise New Energy (NASDAQ:EPOW) & Solid Power (NASDAQ:SLDP)

Sunrise New Energy (NASDAQ:EPOW) and Solid Power (NASDAQ:SLDP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Sunrise New Energy and Solid Power’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
Solid Power	-393.42%	-15.87%	-14.90%

Volatility & Risk

Sunrise New Energy has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Solid Power has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Sunrise New Energy and Solid Power, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunrise New Energy	0	0	0	0	N/A
Solid Power	1	1	2	0	2.25

Solid Power has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 105.48%. Given Solid Power’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Solid Power is more favorable than Sunrise New Energy.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sunrise New Energy and Solid Power”s gross 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	0.57	-$24.23 million	N/A	N/A
Solid Power	$19.74 million	13.09	-$65.55 million	($0.38)	-3.84

Sunrise New Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Solid Power.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

31.9% of Sunrise New Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Solid Power shares are held by institutional investors. 42.5% of Sunrise New Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Solid Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sunrise New Energy beats Solid Power on 6 of the 11 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 Solid Power

Solid Power, Inc. develops solid state battery technologies for the electric vehicles (EV) and other markets in the United States. The company sells its sulfide-based solid electrolyte; and licenses its solid-state cell designs and manufacturing processes. It also produces and sells 0.2, 2, 20 ampere-hour (Ah), and EV cells. Solid Power, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado.