Head-To-Head Analysis: Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) vs. Complete Solaria (NASDAQ:CSLR)

Complete Solaria (NASDAQ:CSLR) and Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Complete Solaria and Skyworks Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Complete Solaria	0	0	1	0	3.00
Skyworks Solutions	3	14	5	0	2.09

Complete Solaria currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 224.32%. Skyworks Solutions has a consensus target price of $101.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.86%. Given Complete Solaria’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Complete Solaria is more favorable than Skyworks Solutions.

Profitability

This table compares Complete Solaria and Skyworks Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Complete Solaria	-321.32%	N/A	-136.87%
Skyworks Solutions	14.27%	13.71%	10.48%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

30.3% of Complete Solaria shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.6% of Complete Solaria shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Complete Solaria and Skyworks Solutions”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Complete Solaria	$87.62 million	1.56	-$269.55 million	N/A	N/A
Skyworks Solutions	$4.18 billion	3.37	$596.00 million	$3.70	23.76

Skyworks Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Complete Solaria.

Volatility & Risk

Complete Solaria has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skyworks Solutions has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Skyworks Solutions beats Complete Solaria on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Complete Solaria

Complete Solaria, Inc. provides custom solar solutions in the United States. The company offers solar systems to homeowners and small to medium-sized commercial customers. It also provides HelioQuoteTM software system, a platform for residential solar designs, proposals, and engineering services. In addition, the company installs solar systems, as well as provides financing solutions. It offers its products and services through third party sales partners. The company is headquartered in Fremont, California.

About Skyworks Solutions

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary semiconductor products in the United States, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the rest of Asia-Pacific. Its product portfolio includes amplifiers, antenna tuners, attenuators, automotive tuners and digital radios, DC/DC converters, demodulators, detectors, diodes, wireless analog system on chip products, directional couplers, diversity receive modules, filters, front-end modules, hybrids, light emitting diode drivers, low noise amplifiers, mixers, modulators, optocouplers/optoisolators, phase locked loops, phase shifters, power dividers/combiners, power over ethernet, power isolators, receivers, switches, synthesizers, timing devices, voltage controlled oscillators/synthesizers, and voltage regulators. The company products are the used in aerospace, automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, connected home, defense, entertainment and gaming, industrial, medical, military, smartphone, tablet, and wearable markets. It sells its products through direct sales force, electronic component distributors, and independent sales representatives. Skyworks Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1962 and is based in Irvine, California.