Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC – Get Free Report) and Energy Services of America (NASDAQ:ESOA – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Ameresco and Energy Services of America”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ameresco | $1.93 billion | 0.60 | $44.28 million | $0.52 | 41.80 |
| Energy Services of America | $467.37 million | N/A | N/A | $0.18 | 56.86 |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Ameresco and Energy Services of America, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ameresco | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2.50 |
| Energy Services of America | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 |
Ameresco presently has a consensus price target of $41.89, suggesting a potential upside of 92.73%. Energy Services of America has a consensus price target of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 116.24%. Given Energy Services of America’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Services of America is more favorable than Ameresco.
Profitability
This table compares Ameresco and Energy Services of America’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ameresco | 1.40% | 2.82% | 0.72% |
| Energy Services of America | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
99.2% of Ameresco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Energy Services of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.1% of Ameresco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.7% of Energy Services of America shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ameresco beats Energy Services of America on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ameresco
Ameresco, Inc., a clean technology integrator, provides a portfolio of energy efficiency and renewable energy supply solutions in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. It operates through U.S. Regions, U.S. Federal, Canada, Europe, Alternative Fuels, and All Other segments. The company offers energy efficiency, infrastructure upgrades, energy security and resilience, asset sustainability, and renewable energy solutions for businesses and organizations. It designs, develops, engineers, and installs projects that reduce the energy, as well as operations and maintenance (O&M) costs of its customers' facilities; and projects primarily include various measures customized for the facility and designed to enhance the efficiency of building systems, such as heating, ventilation, cooling, and lighting systems. In addition, the company offers renewable energy solutions and services, such as the construction of small-scale plants that the company owns or develops for customers that produce electricity, gas, heat, or cooling from renewable sources of energy and O&M services; and electricity, processed renewable gas fuel, and heat or cooling produced from renewable sources of energy. Further, the company sells photovoltaic (PV) solar energy products and systems, as well as provides consulting, and enterprise energy management services; and operates wind farms. It serves the federal, state, local governments, healthcare and educational institutions, airports, public housing authorities and public universities, municipal utilities, and commercial and industrial customers. As of December 31, 2023, the company owned and operated 185 small-scale renewable energy plants and solar PV installations. Ameresco, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.
About Energy Services of America
Energy Services of America Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides contracting services for utilities and energy related companies in the United States. The company constructs, replaces, and repairs interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines and storage facilities for utility companies and private natural gas companies; and provides services relating to pipeline, storage facilities, and plant works. It also offers electrical and mechanical installation, and repair services, including substation and switchyard, site preparation, equipment setting, pipe fabrication and installation, packaged buildings, transformers, and other ancillary works for the gas, petroleum power, chemical, water and sewer, and automotive industries. In addition, the company provides corrosion protection services, horizontal drilling services, liquid pipeline and pump station construction, production facility construction, water and sewer pipeline installation, and various maintenance and repair services, as well as other services related to pipeline construction. Further, it serves customers primarily in West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky. Energy Services of America Corporation was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Huntington, West Virginia.
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