Head to Head Review: AER Energy Resources (OTCMKTS:AERN) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC)

AER Energy Resources (OTCMKTS:AERN) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares AER Energy Resources and Fluence Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AER Energy Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fluence Energy	$2.70 billion	0.87	$22.72 million	$0.13	99.55

Fluence Energy has higher revenue and earnings than AER Energy Resources.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 61.0% of AER Energy Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for AER Energy Resources and Fluence Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AER Energy Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fluence Energy	0	8	13	0	2.62

Fluence Energy has a consensus price target of $25.60, suggesting a potential upside of 97.81%. Given Fluence Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fluence Energy is more favorable than AER Energy Resources.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AER Energy Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fluence Energy	0.89%	4.10%	1.31%

Summary

Fluence Energy beats AER Energy Resources on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AER Energy Resources

AER Energy Resources, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in acquiring, managing, and operating oil and gas properties in North America. The company is also involved in the recycling of used motor oil; marketing of related fuel and energy products to users, suppliers, and recycler’s; and real estate business. AER Energy Resources, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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.