Contrasting Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) and SolarBank (NASDAQ:SUUN)

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) and SolarBank (NASDAQ:SUUN) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Exelon and SolarBank, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Exelon	0	4	5	0	2.56
SolarBank	0	0	1	0	3.00

Exelon presently has a consensus price target of $43.38, suggesting a potential upside of 1.70%. SolarBank has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.13%. Given SolarBank’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SolarBank is more favorable than Exelon.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

80.9% of Exelon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Exelon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Exelon and SolarBank’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Exelon	10.68%	9.52%	2.38%
SolarBank	-10.64%	-15.19%	-6.41%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Exelon and SolarBank”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Exelon	$23.03 billion	1.86	$2.46 billion	$2.45	17.41
SolarBank	$43.08 million	2.93	-$2.56 million	($0.22)	-18.05

Exelon has higher revenue and earnings than SolarBank. SolarBank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exelon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Exelon beats SolarBank on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Exelon

Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in the energy distribution and transmission businesses in the United States and Canada. The company is involved in the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and natural gas, transmission and distribution of electricity, and distribution of natural gas to retail customers. It also offers support services, including legal, human resources, information technology, supply management, financial, engineering, customer operations, transmission and distribution planning, asset management, system operations, and power procurement services. It serves distribution utilities, municipalities, and financial institutions, as well as commercial, industrial, governmental, and residential customers. Exelon Corporation was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

About SolarBank

SolarBank Corporation operates as an independent renewable and clean energy project developer and asset operator in Canada and the United States. The company engages in the site origination, development, financing, engineering, procurement, construction, operation, maintenance, and asset management of solar photovoltaic power generation projects. It offers solar energy solutions in the areas of behind-the-meter solar power plants, electricity grid connected community solar gardens, and utility scale solar farms. The company was formerly known as Abundant Solar Energy Inc. and changed its name to SolarBank Corporation in October 2022. SolarBank Corporation was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.