Contrasting Summer Energy (OTCMKTS:SUME) and Heliogen (NYSE:HLGN)

Heliogen (NYSE:HLGN) and Summer Energy (OTCMKTS:SUME) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Heliogen has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summer Energy has a beta of -113.9, indicating that its stock price is 11,490% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Heliogen and Summer Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heliogen	-830.91%	-418.04%	-109.67%
Summer Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

27.6% of Heliogen shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Heliogen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of Summer Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Heliogen and Summer Energy’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heliogen	$3.92 million	3.14	-$129.60 million	($22.66)	-0.09
Summer Energy	$239.88 million	0.07	$13.74 million	N/A	N/A

Summer Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Heliogen.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Heliogen and Summer Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heliogen	0	1	0	0	2.00
Summer Energy	0	0	0	0	N/A

Summary

Summer Energy beats Heliogen on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Heliogen

Heliogen, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and commercializes concentrated solar energy in the United States. It is developing a modular, AI-enabled, concentrated solar energy plant that will use an array of mirrors to reflect sunlight and capture, concentrate, store and convert it into cost-effective energy on demand. The company offers heliostat fields, and associated control systems, solar receivers, thermal energy storage, and heat engines. Its solutions include carbon-free steam production, a system that produces heat or steam for use in industrial processes; net zero power generation system, a turbine generator with the baseline system, which achieves net-zero emissions in electricity production; and green hydrogen production, and electrolyzer with the baseline system that produces green hydrogen fuel. The company also offers professional services, such as turnkey project construction, project site development, and research and development studies. It serves the food and beverage, mining and mineral processing, oil and gas, transportation, chemicals, cement, and metals manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Edison Microgrids, Inc. and changed its name to Heliogen, Inc. in November 2019. The company is headquartered in Pasadena, California.

About Summer Energy

Summer Energy Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a retail electric provider in Texas, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Illinois. It procures wholesale energy and resells to commercial and residential customers. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.