Heliogen (NYSE:HLGN – Get Free Report) and Hallador Energy (NASDAQ:HNRG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings and risk.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
27.6% of Heliogen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Hallador Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Heliogen shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Hallador Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Heliogen and Hallador Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Heliogen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hallador Energy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Heliogen and Hallador Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Heliogen | N/A | N/A | -147.90% |
| Hallador Energy | -4.85% | -6.71% | -3.39% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Heliogen and Hallador Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Heliogen | $3.92 million | 1.17 | -$129.60 million | $4.89 | 0.16 |
| Hallador Energy | $404.39 million | 1.09 | $44.79 million | ($5.73) | -1.80 |
Hallador Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Heliogen. Hallador Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heliogen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Heliogen has a beta of 2.71, suggesting that its stock price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hallador Energy has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hallador Energy beats Heliogen on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Heliogen
Heliogen, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and commercializes concentrated solar energy in the United States. It is developing a modular, AI-enabled, concentrated solar energy plant that will use an array of mirrors to reflect sunlight and capture, concentrate, store and convert it into cost-effective energy on demand. The company offers heliostat fields, and associated control systems, solar receivers, thermal energy storage, and heat engines. Its solutions include carbon-free steam production, a system that produces heat or steam for use in industrial processes; net zero power generation system, a turbine generator with the baseline system, which achieves net-zero emissions in electricity production; and green hydrogen production, and electrolyzer with the baseline system that produces green hydrogen fuel. The company also offers professional services, such as turnkey project construction, project site development, and research and development studies. It serves the food and beverage, mining and mineral processing, oil and gas, transportation, chemicals, cement, and metals manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Edison Microgrids, Inc. and changed its name to Heliogen, Inc. in November 2019. The company is headquartered in Pasadena, California.
About Hallador Energy
Hallador Energy Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production of steam coal in the State of Indiana for the electric power generation industry. The company owns the Oaktown Mine 1 and Oaktown Mine 2 underground mines in Oaktown; Freelandville Center Pit surface mine in Freelandville; and Prosperity Surface mine in Petersburg, Indiana. It is also involved in gas exploration activities in Indiana; and operation of logistics transport facility. Hallador Energy Company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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