Reviewing Intelligent Living Application Group (NASDAQ:ILAG) and Orion Energy Systems (NASDAQ:OESX)

Orion Energy Systems (NASDAQ:OESX) and Intelligent Living Application Group (NASDAQ:ILAG) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Orion Energy Systems has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intelligent Living Application Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Orion Energy Systems and Intelligent Living Application Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orion Energy Systems	0	0	2	0	3.00
Intelligent Living Application Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Orion Energy Systems currently has a consensus price target of $1.75, indicating a potential upside of 210.06%. Given Orion Energy Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Orion Energy Systems is more favorable than Intelligent Living Application Group.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

52.6% of Orion Energy Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Intelligent Living Application Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Orion Energy Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.8% of Intelligent Living Application Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Orion Energy Systems and Intelligent Living Application Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orion Energy Systems	-14.81%	-68.88%	-19.07%
Intelligent Living Application Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Orion Energy Systems and Intelligent Living Application Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orion Energy Systems	$79.72 million	0.24	-$11.80 million	($0.37)	-1.53
Intelligent Living Application Group	$7.51 million	1.35	-$3.69 million	N/A	N/A

Intelligent Living Application Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Orion Energy Systems.

Summary

Intelligent Living Application Group beats Orion Energy Systems on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Orion Energy Systems

Orion Energy Systems, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, researches, designs, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, installs, and implements energy management systems for commercial office and retail, area lighting, industrial applications, and government in North America and Germany. It operates in three segments: Lighting, Maintenance, and Electric Vehicle (EV). The company offers light emitting diode (LED) lighting products; construction and engineering services for commercial lighting and energy management system; lighting and electrical system maintenance, repair, and replacement services; and EV charging station and installation solutions. It also provides LED high bay fixtures and LED troffer retrofits; smart lighting controls, a wireless Internet of Things enabled control solution that provides lighting control options and data intelligence capabilities for building managers; and various LED fixtures for lighting and energy management needs comprising fixtures for agribusinesses, parking lots, roadways, retail, mezzanine, outdoor applications, and private label resale. In addition, the company offers lighting-related energy management services, such as site assessment, site field verification, utility incentive and government subsidy management, engineering design, project management, facility design commissioning, and recycling. It serves customers directly and through independent sales agencies and distributors, national account end-users, federal and state government facilities, regional account end-users, electrical distributors, electrical contractors, and energy service companies. Orion Energy Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

About Intelligent Living Application Group

Intelligent Living Application Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells mechanical locksets to customers in the United States and Canada. Its mechanical locksets consist of deadbolts, entry locksets, privacy locksets, and passage locksets as well as storerooms locks. The company offers locksets for outdoors comprising main entrances and gates, and indoor uses. Intelligent Living Application Group Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong.