Head to Head Analysis: SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) versus Quantum Solar Power (OTCMKTS:QSPW)

Quantum Solar Power (OTCMKTS:QSPW) and SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

94.0% of SolarWinds shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of SolarWinds shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Quantum Solar Power and SolarWinds’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quantum Solar Power	N/A	N/A	N/A
SolarWinds	4.93%	7.96%	3.39%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Quantum Solar Power and SolarWinds, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quantum Solar Power	0	0	0	0	0.00
SolarWinds	0	5	1	0	2.17

SolarWinds has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.56%. Given SolarWinds’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SolarWinds is more favorable than Quantum Solar Power.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Quantum Solar Power and SolarWinds”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quantum Solar Power	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SolarWinds	$784.73 million	3.09	-$9.11 million	$0.22	64.59

Quantum Solar Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SolarWinds.

Summary

SolarWinds beats Quantum Solar Power on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Quantum Solar Power

Quantum Solar Power Corp., a development stage company, develops and commercializes solar power technology in Canada. It is involved in the research, development, and marketing of solar power generation devices utilizing its Next Generation Device technology for photovoltaic devices that do not use silicon or other rare earth elements. The company was formerly known as Quantum Ventures, Inc. and changed its name to Quantum Solar Power Corp. in June 2008. Quantum Solar Power Corp. was founded in 2004 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

About SolarWinds

SolarWinds Corporation provides information technology (IT) management software products in the United States and internationally. It provides a suite of network management software that offers real-time visibility into network utilization and bandwidth, as well as the ability to detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems; and a suite of infrastructure management products, which monitors and analyzes the performance of applications and their supporting infrastructure, including servers, physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure, storage, and databases. The company also provides automated network configuration, log and event management, security information and event management, access rights management, identity monitoring, server configuration monitoring and patching, and secure gateway and file transfer products; a suite of application performance management software that enables visibility into log data, cloud infrastructure metrics, applications, tracing, and digital experiences; and service management software that offers ITIL-compliant service desk solutions for various companies. In addition, it offers a suite of database performance management software that monitors, analyzes, diagnoses, and optimizes database performance and operations for the Microsoft data platform, as well as other database management system platforms; traditional, open-source, and cloud-native databases hosted on-premises, in the cloud, and hybrid models. It markets and sells its products directly to network and systems engineers, database administrators, storage administrators, DevOps, SecOps, and service desk professionals. The company was formerly known as SolarWinds Parent, Inc. and changed its name to SolarWinds Corporation in May 2018. SolarWinds Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.