Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM) and Solar Enertech (OTCMKTS:SOEN) Critical Comparison

Solar Enertech (OTCMKTS:SOEN) and Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TSEM) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Solar Enertech and Tower Semiconductor, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solar Enertech	0	0	0	0	N/A
Tower Semiconductor	0	0	3	0	3.00

Tower Semiconductor has a consensus price target of $51.33, suggesting a potential upside of 16.91%.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

70.5% of Tower Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tower Semiconductor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Solar Enertech and Tower Semiconductor”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Solar Enertech	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tower Semiconductor	$1.42 billion	N/A	$518.49 million	$4.41	9.96

Tower Semiconductor has higher revenue and earnings than Solar Enertech.

Profitability

This table compares Solar Enertech and Tower Semiconductor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solar Enertech	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tower Semiconductor	35.58%	8.33%	6.95%

Risk & Volatility

Solar Enertech has a beta of 54.78, suggesting that its share price is 5,378% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tower Semiconductor has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tower Semiconductor beats Solar Enertech on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Solar Enertech

Solar EnerTech Corp. operates as a photovoltaic (PV) solar energy cell manufacturing company. Its principal products include monocrystalline silicon and polycrystalline silicon solar cells and modules. The company’s solar cells convert sunlight to electricity through the PV effect. It also designs and produces advanced PV modules for various applications, such as standard panels for solar power stations, roof panels, solar arrays, and modules incorporated directly into exterior walls. The company markets its products primarily to solar panel installers, who incorporate those modules into their power generating systems that are sold to end-customers located in Europe, Australia, North America, and China. It markets its solar cells and modules under the SolarE brand name. The company was formerly known as Safer Residence Corporation and changed its name to Solar EnerTech Corp. in April 2006. Solar EnerTech Corp. was incorporated in 2004 is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

About Tower Semiconductor

Tower Semiconductor Ltd., an independent semiconductor foundry, focus on specialty process technologies to manufacture analog intensive mixed-signal semiconductor devices in Israel, the United States, Japan, Europe, and internationally. It provides various customizable process technologies, including SiGe, BiCMOS, mixed signal/CMOS, RF CMOS, CMOS image sensor, integrated power management, and MEMS. The Company also provides design enablement platform for quick and accurate design cycle, as well as transfer optimization and development process services to integrated device manufacturers and fabless companies. It serves various markets, such as consumer electronics, personal computers, communications, automotive, industrial, aerospace, military, and medical device products. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Migdal Haemek, Israel.