China Sunergy (OTCMKTS:CSUNY) & Daqo New Energy (NYSE:DQ) Head to Head Comparison

China Sunergy (OTCMKTS:CSUNY) and Daqo New Energy (NYSE:DQ) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

China Sunergy has a beta of 3.78, indicating that its stock price is 278% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daqo New Energy has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for China Sunergy and Daqo New Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China Sunergy	0	0	0	0	N/A
Daqo New Energy	1	2	1	0	2.00

Daqo New Energy has a consensus target price of $32.93, indicating a potential upside of 74.21%. Given Daqo New Energy’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Daqo New Energy is more favorable than China Sunergy.

Profitability

This table compares China Sunergy and Daqo New Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Sunergy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Daqo New Energy	7.84%	2.46%	2.15%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

47.2% of Daqo New Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.3% of Daqo New Energy shares are owned 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares China Sunergy and Daqo New Energy’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Sunergy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Daqo New Energy	$2.31 billion	0.54	$421.16 million	$2.13	8.87

Daqo New Energy has higher revenue and earnings than China Sunergy.

Summary

Daqo New Energy beats China Sunergy on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About China Sunergy

China Sunergy Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets solar cells and modules in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company offers monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon solar cells; and standard P-type solar cells, HP solar cells, and emitter cells, as well as solar modules for use in a range of residential, commercial, industrial, and other solar power generation systems. It also invests in, develops, and operates solar power projects. The company sells its products to system integrators, solar power project developers, and solar power product distributors under the CSUN brand name, as well as on an original equipment manufacturing basis. China Sunergy Co., Ltd. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Nanjing, the People's Republic of China.

About Daqo New Energy

Daqo New Energy Corp., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells polysilicon to photovoltaic product manufacturers in the People's Republic of China. Its products are used in ingots, wafers, cells, and modules for solar power solutions. The company was formerly known as Mega Stand International Limited and changed its name to Daqo New Energy Corp. in August 2009. Daqo New Energy Corp. was founded in 2006 and is based in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.