Reviewing EuroSite Power (OTCMKTS:EUSP) and AES (NYSE:AES)

AES (NYSE:AES) and EuroSite Power (OTCMKTS:EUSP) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

AES has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EuroSite Power has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares AES and EuroSite Power”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AES	$12.43 billion	1.10	$249.00 million	$0.72	26.75
EuroSite Power	$7.56 million	0.66	$470,000.00	N/A	N/A

AES has higher revenue and earnings than EuroSite Power.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

93.1% of AES shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of AES shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares AES and EuroSite Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AES	6.07%	32.74%	4.10%
EuroSite Power	5.05%	3.68%	3.20%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for AES and EuroSite Power, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AES	0	2	6	0	2.75
EuroSite Power	0	0	0	0	N/A

AES currently has a consensus price target of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.63%. Given AES’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AES is more favorable than EuroSite Power.

Summary

AES beats EuroSite Power on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AES

The AES Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified power generation and utility company in the United States and internationally. The company owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries; owns and/or operates utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit, and sell electricity to end-user customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental sectors; and generates and sells electricity on the wholesale market. It uses various fuels and technologies to generate electricity, such as coal, gas, hydro, wind, solar, and biomass, as well as renewables comprising energy storage and landfill gas. The company owns and/or operates a generation portfolio of approximately 34,596 megawatts and distributes power to 2.6 million customers. The company was formerly known as Applied Energy Services, Inc. and changed its name to The AES Corporation in April 2000. The AES Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

About EuroSite Power

EuroSite Power Inc., owns, operates, and distributes on-site energy systems in the United Kingdom and Europe. Its energy systems produces and supplies electricity, heat, hot water, and cooling solutions to commercial and industrial customers, such as healthcare facilities, hotels, multi-family hotels, multi-family residential buildings, leisure centers, industrial buildings, and schools and colleges. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.