QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) versus Sunrise New Energy (NASDAQ:EPOW) Critical Contrast

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Sunrise New Energy and QuantumScape, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

QuantumScape has a consensus target price of $6.26, indicating a potential upside of 18.90%. Given QuantumScape’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QuantumScape is more favorable than Sunrise New Energy.

Volatility & Risk

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sunrise New Energy	$45.05 million	0.51	-$24.23 million	N/A	N/A
QuantumScape	N/A	N/A	-$445.14 million	($0.95)	-5.54

Sunrise New Energy has higher revenue and earnings than QuantumScape.

Profitability

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

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Summary

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

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.

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.