China Sunergy (OTCMKTS:CSUNY) and MACOM Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:MTSI) Critical Survey

China Sunergy (OTCMKTS:CSUNY) and MACOM Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:MTSI) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares China Sunergy and MACOM Technology Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Sunergy	N/A	N/A	N/A
MACOM Technology Solutions	10.01%	12.67%	7.64%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares China Sunergy and MACOM Technology Solutions’ gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Sunergy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MACOM Technology Solutions	$648.41 million	11.25	$91.58 million	$0.88	114.95

MACOM Technology Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than China Sunergy.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.1% of MACOM Technology Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.8% of MACOM Technology Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

China Sunergy has a beta of 3.78, indicating that its stock price is 278% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MACOM Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for China Sunergy and MACOM Technology Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China Sunergy	0	0	0	0	N/A
MACOM Technology Solutions	0	1	9	0	2.90

MACOM Technology Solutions has a consensus price target of $111.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.73%. Given MACOM Technology Solutions’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MACOM Technology Solutions is more favorable than China Sunergy.

Summary

MACOM Technology Solutions beats China Sunergy on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About China Sunergy

China Sunergy Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets solar cells and modules in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company offers monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon solar cells; and standard P-type solar cells, HP solar cells, and emitter cells, as well as solar modules for use in a range of residential, commercial, industrial, and other solar power generation systems. It also invests in, develops, and operates solar power projects. The company sells its products to system integrators, solar power project developers, and solar power product distributors under the CSUN brand name, as well as on an original equipment manufacturing basis. China Sunergy Co., Ltd. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Nanjing, the People's Republic of China.

About MACOM Technology Solutions

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures analog semiconductor solutions for use in wireless and wireline applications across the radio frequency (RF), microwave, millimeter wave, and lightwave spectrum in the United States, China, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and internationally. The company offers a portfolio of standard and custom devices, including integrated circuits, multi-chip modules, diodes, amplifiers, switches and switch limiters, passive and active components, and subsystems. Its semiconductor products are electronic components that are incorporated in electronic systems, such as wireless base stations, high-capacity optical networks, radar, and medical systems and test and measurement applications. The company serves various markets comprising telecommunication that includes carrier infrastructure, which comprise long-haul/metro, 5G, and fiber-to-the-X/passive optical network; industrial and defense, including military and commercial radar, RF jammers, electronic countermeasures, and communication data links, as well as multi-market applications, such as industrial, medical, test and measurement, and scientific applications; and data centers. It sells its products through direct sales force, applications engineering staff, independent sales representatives, resellers, and distributors. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts.