Analyzing SMA Solar Technology (SMTGF) & The Competition

SMA Solar Technology (OTCMKTS:SMTGF) is one of 52 publicly-traded companies in the “Solar” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare SMA Solar Technology to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for SMA Solar Technology and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SMA Solar Technology	0	1	0	0	2.00
SMA Solar Technology Competitors	471	1377	2124	54	2.44

As a group, “Solar” companies have a potential upside of 25.32%. Given SMA Solar Technology’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SMA Solar Technology has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares SMA Solar Technology and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SMA Solar Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
SMA Solar Technology Competitors	-2,299.32%	-379.52%	-19.15%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SMA Solar Technology and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SMA Solar Technology	N/A	N/A	-8.36
SMA Solar Technology Competitors	$1.32 billion	-$161.22 million	2.54

SMA Solar Technology’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than SMA Solar Technology. SMA Solar Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

12.9% of SMA Solar Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of shares of all “Solar” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.1% of shares of all “Solar” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

SMA Solar Technology peers beat SMA Solar Technology on 8 of the 11 factors compared.

About SMA Solar Technology

SMA Solar Technology AG, together with its subsidiaries, engages in development, production, and sale of PV and battery inverters, transformers, chokes, monitoring systems for PV systems, and charging solutions for electric vehicles in Germany and internationally. It operates through Home Solutions, Commercial and Industrial Solutions, and Large Scale and Project Solutions segments. The company offers string and central solar inverters for various module types; battery inverters for high voltage batteries, on- and off- grid applications, commercial and industrial storage solutions, large scale storage solutions, and accessories; medium-voltage technology products; and DC-DC converters. It also provides E-mobility charging solutions; monitoring and control solutions for PV systems; and energy data services, as well as digital solutions to design, operate, and service PV systems and energy systems. The company was formerly known as SMA Technologie AG and changed its name to SMA Solar Technology AG in June 2008. SMA Solar Technology AG was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Niestetal, Germany.