Head-To-Head Comparison: SKYX Platforms (NASDAQ:SKYX) and Flux Power (NASDAQ:FLUX)

Flux Power (NASDAQ:FLUX) and SKYX Platforms (NASDAQ:SKYX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

38.0% of Flux Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of SKYX Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.0% of Flux Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.2% of SKYX Platforms shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Flux Power and SKYX Platforms, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flux Power	1	1	1	0	2.00
SKYX Platforms	1	0	2	1	2.75

Flux Power presently has a consensus price target of $1.60, suggesting a potential upside of 291.39%. SKYX Platforms has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 435.59%. Given SKYX Platforms’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SKYX Platforms is more favorable than Flux Power.

Volatility and Risk

Flux Power has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SKYX Platforms has a beta of -3645.11, suggesting that its stock price is 364,611% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Flux Power and SKYX Platforms”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flux Power	$42.13 million	0.21	-$7.45 million	($0.38)	-1.08
SKYX Platforms	$92.01 million	1.26	-$33.42 million	($0.27)	-3.11

Flux Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SKYX Platforms. SKYX Platforms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flux Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Flux Power and SKYX Platforms’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flux Power	-17.68%	-231.21%	-24.02%
SKYX Platforms	-34.34%	N/A	-49.28%

Summary

SKYX Platforms beats Flux Power on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Flux Power

Flux Power Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary Flux Power, Inc., designs, develops, manufactures, and sells lithium-ion energy storage solutions for lift trucks, airport ground support equipment, and other industrial and commercial applications in the North America. It offers battery management system (BMS) that provides cell balancing, charging, discharging, monitoring, and communication between the pack and the forklift. The company also provides 24-volt onboard chargers for its Class 3 Walkie pallet packs; and smart wall mounted chargers to interface with its BMS. It sells its products directly to small companies and end-users, as well as through original equipment manufacturers, lift equipment dealers, and battery distributors. The company is headquartered in Vista, California.

About SKYX Platforms

SKYX Platforms Corp. provides a series of safe-smart platform technologies. The company’s first and second-generation technologies enable light fixtures, ceiling fans, and other electrically wired products to be installed and plugged into a ceiling’s electrical outlet box. It also provides universal power-plugs and receptacle products. In addition, it offers smart products, such as SkyHome App; sky smart universal power-plug and receptacle; sky-smart plug and play ceiling fans and lightings; and all-in-one smart sky platform. The company was formerly known as SQL Technologies Corp. and changed its name to SKYX Platforms Corp. in June 2022. SKYX Platforms Corp. was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Pompano Beach, Florida.