Sunrise New Energy (NASDAQ:EPOW) versus QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) Financial Analysis

QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) and Sunrise New Energy (NASDAQ:EPOW) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and risk.

Risk & Volatility

QuantumScape has a beta of 4.46, suggesting that its share price is 346% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunrise New Energy has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for QuantumScape and Sunrise New Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QuantumScape	1	6	0	0	1.86
Sunrise New Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00

QuantumScape presently has a consensus target price of $6.26, suggesting a potential upside of 11.59%. Given QuantumScape’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe QuantumScape is more favorable than Sunrise New Energy.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares QuantumScape and Sunrise New Energy”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
QuantumScape	N/A	N/A	-$445.14 million	($0.95)	-5.91
Sunrise New Energy	$46.63 million	0.53	-$24.23 million	N/A	N/A

Sunrise New Energy has higher revenue and earnings than QuantumScape.

Profitability

This table compares QuantumScape and Sunrise New Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QuantumScape	N/A	-39.00%	-33.83%
Sunrise New Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

29.9% of QuantumScape shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.9% of Sunrise New Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of QuantumScape shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.5% of Sunrise New Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Sunrise New Energy beats QuantumScape on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About QuantumScape

QuantumScape Corporation, a research and development stage company, focuses on the development and commercialization of solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles and other applications. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

About Sunrise New Energy

Sunrise New Energy Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of graphite anode material for EVs and other lithium-ion batteries. The company also operates a peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform business. In addition, it offers education consulting, training, tailored, information technology, business incubation, enterprise information technology integration, health, and agricultural technology services, as well as cultural and artistic exchanges and planning, and conference services. The company was formerly known as Global Internet of People, Inc. Sunrise New Energy Co., Ltd. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Zibo, the People’s Republic of China.