Reviewing Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) & SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNE)

Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) and SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ciena and SUNation Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ciena	$4.26 billion	2.44	$83.96 million	$0.72	102.42
SUNation Energy	$56.28 million	0.10	-$8.13 million	N/A	N/A

Ciena has higher revenue and earnings than SUNation Energy.

Volatility & Risk

Ciena has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SUNation Energy has a beta of 3.02, meaning that its share price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

92.0% of Ciena shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.2% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Ciena shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Ciena and SUNation Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ciena	0	5	8	1	2.71
SUNation Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00

Ciena presently has a consensus target price of $83.15, indicating a potential upside of 12.77%. Given Ciena’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ciena is more favorable than SUNation Energy.

Profitability

This table compares Ciena and SUNation Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ciena	2.09%	4.72%	2.42%
SUNation Energy	-17.55%	-373.78%	-19.77%

Summary

Ciena beats SUNation Energy on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ciena

Ciena Corporation provides hardware and software services for delivery of video, data, and voice traffic metro, aggregation, and access communications network worldwide. The company’s Networking Platforms segment offers convergence of coherent optical transport, open optical networking, optical transport network switching, IP routing, and switching services. Its products include 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, Waveserver stackable interconnect system, and the 6500 Reconfigurable line system, and the 5400 family of Packet-Optical platforms, as well as 8100 coherent routing platforms; 3000 family of service delivery switches and the 5000 family of service aggregation switches, as well as 8700 Packetwave Platform and 6500 Packet Transport System. This segment also sells operating system software and enhanced software features embedded in each of its products. The company’s Blue Planet Automation Software and Services segment provides multi-domain service orchestration, inventory, route optimization and analysis, multi-cloud orchestration, and unified assurance and analytics services. Its Platform Software and Service segment offers MCP domain controller solution, and OneControl unified management system, as well as planning tools. The company’s Global Services segment provides maintenance support and training, installation and deployment, and consulting and network design services. Ciena Corporation was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Hanover, Maryland.

About SUNation Energy

SUNation Energy Inc. is focused on local and regional solar, storage and energy services companies. Its portfolio of brands provides homeowners and businesses of all sizes with an end-to-end product offering spanning solar, battery storage and grid services. SUNation Energy Inc., formerly known as Pineapple Energy, is based in RONKONKOMA, N.Y.