Oklo (NYSE:OKLO – Get Free Report) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and risk.
Volatility & Risk
Oklo has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.77, suggesting that its share price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Oklo and Fluence Energy”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Oklo | N/A | N/A | -$105.66 million | ($0.84) | -77.81 |
| Fluence Energy | $2.26 billion | 2.02 | -$48.31 million | ($0.36) | -69.03 |
Fluence Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Oklo. Oklo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fluence Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Oklo and Fluence Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Oklo | N/A | -8.57% | -8.30% |
| Fluence Energy | -1.62% | -8.29% | -1.85% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Oklo and Fluence Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Oklo | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2.57 |
| Fluence Energy | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2.05 |
Oklo presently has a consensus price target of $83.06, suggesting a potential upside of 27.07%. Fluence Energy has a consensus price target of $19.47, suggesting a potential downside of 21.65%. Given Oklo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Oklo is more favorable than Fluence Energy.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
85.0% of Oklo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of Oklo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
About Oklo
Oklo Inc. designs and develops fission power plants to provide reliable and commercial-scale energy to customers in the United States. It also provides used nuclear fuel recycling services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Santa Clara, California.
About Fluence Energy
Fluence Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers energy storage products and solution, services, and artificial intelligence enabled software-as-a-service products for renewables and storage applications in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company sells energy storage products with integrated hardware, software, and digital intelligence. Its energy storage products include Gridstack Pro, a large-scale front-of-the-meter application; Gridstack, a front-of-the-meter application; Sunstack, a DC-coupled energy storage product for DC-coupled solar + storage projects; Edgestack, for smaller-scale commercial and industrial use cases; and Ultrastack, for critical system requirements of distribution and transmission networks. The company also provides engineering and delivery services to support the deployment of its storage products; operational and maintenance services; and digital applications. It serves independent power producers, developer, utilities, and other generators. Fluence Energy, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Fluence Energy, Inc. is a joint venture of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft and The AES Corporation.
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