Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ:PENG – Get Free Report) and Complete Solaria (NASDAQ:CSLR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
30.3% of Complete Solaria shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Penguin Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.6% of Complete Solaria shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Penguin Solutions and Complete Solaria, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Penguin Solutions | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3.11 |
| Complete Solaria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Penguin Solutions and Complete Solaria”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Penguin Solutions | $1.32 billion | 0.65 | -$52.47 million | ($0.17) | -93.41 |
| Complete Solaria | $40.80 million | 3.53 | -$269.55 million | N/A | N/A |
Penguin Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Complete Solaria.
Risk and Volatility
Penguin Solutions has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Complete Solaria has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Penguin Solutions and Complete Solaria’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Penguin Solutions | -2.21% | 11.70% | 3.12% |
| Complete Solaria | -321.32% | N/A | -136.87% |
Summary
Penguin Solutions beats Complete Solaria on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Penguin Solutions
Penguin Solutions, Inc. engages in the designing and development of enterprise solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Advanced Computing, Integrated Memory, and Optimized LED. It offers dynamic random access memory modules, solid-state and flash storage, and other advanced integrated memory solutions for networking and telecom, data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning applications; and supply chain services, including procurement, logistics, inventory management, temporary warehousing, programming, kitting, and packaging services. The company also provides Penguin Computing that focus on technical computing for core and cloud environments through high-performance computing and AI solutions; and Penguin Edge, an edge computing solution for embedded and wireless applications, such as high-performance products for government, health care, manufacturing, and telecommunications applications. In addition, it offers Stratus, which provides simplified, protected, and autonomous fault tolerant computing solutions in the data center and at the Edge through hardware and software services; and solutions to education, energy, financial services, government, hyperscale, and manufacturing markets. Further, the company provides LED chip products comprising blue and green LED chips based on gallium nitride, and related materials under Cree LED brand; and surface mount devices under the Cree LED XLamp and J Series brands. It sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers, enterprise, government and other end customers through direct sales force, e-commerce, customer service representatives, on-site field application engineers, independent sales representatives, distributors, integrators, and resellers. The company was formerly known as SMART Global Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Penguin Solutions, Inc. in October 2024. Penguin Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
About Complete Solaria
Complete Solaria, Inc. provides custom solar solutions in the United States. The company offers solar systems to homeowners and small to medium-sized commercial customers. It also provides HelioQuoteTM software system, a platform for residential solar designs, proposals, and engineering services. In addition, the company installs solar systems, as well as provides financing solutions. It offers its products and services through third party sales partners. The company is headquartered in Fremont, California.
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