ADSE vs ETN vs BEEM Stock Comparison

Ads-Tec Energy Public, Eaton and Beam Global Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ETN Eaton Corp plc
$384.22 -12.7% 1M +1.2% 1Y
Market cap
$153.00B
P/E
40.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$30.03B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
7 wins
BEEM Beam Global
$0.89 -25.2% 1M -69.2% 1Y
Market cap
$19.00M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$26.53M
Div. yield
–
EV Charging Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Eaton leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Eaton 7, Beam Global 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionADSEETNBEEMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $533.21M $153.00B $19.00M ETN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 40.0x -1.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 27.7x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +15.5% -20.5% ETN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 12.8% -64.5% ETN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 10.3% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.1x 0.1x BEEM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.5% +1.2% -69.2% ETN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.4%/yr +18.4%/yr -51.2%/yr ETN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.3% 40.7% 78.8% ETN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 45/100 29/100 ETN

Percentile Scorecard

ADSEETNBEEM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisADSEETNBEEM
Valuation – 14 #175 of 203 25 #46 of 61
Growth – 73 #52 of 188 25 #44 of 58
Profitability – 75 #47 of 183 32 #38 of 55
Financial Health 6 #67 of 71 20 #174 of 217 39 #44 of 71
Shareholder Returns – 43 #88 of 153 28 #22 of 30
Overall – 45 29
  • ADSE ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • ETN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • BEEM ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodADSEETNBEEMSPY
1 month -14.0%-12.7%-25.2% -0.2%
3 months -22.4%-0.5%-14.4% +3.9%
6 months -23.4%-7.0%-54.1% +8.2%
Year to date -26.7%+20.6%-40.7% +12.9%
1 year -7.5%+1.2%-69.2% +12.3%
3 years +41.6%+96.7%-83.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year +12.3%+25.3%-45.6% +23.3%
5 years -6.9%+132.9%-97.2% +67.9%
5 years, per year -1.4%+18.4%-51.2% +10.9%
10 years —+516.8%-89.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+20.0%-20.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureADSEETNBEEMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.3%40.7%78.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.7%43.6%77.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.141.872.59 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.160.03-0.88 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -80.6%-34.7%-97.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.8%-16.5%-69.2% -1.2%
52-week high $12.88$459.94$2.89 $779.14
52-week low $9.28$315.82$0.87 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleADSEETNBEEM
P/E now vs peer median —median 27.2x 39.0xmedian 25.2x -1.1xmedian 27.2x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.4x 5.0xmedian 1.9x 0.7xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 18.4x 26.0xmedian 14.0x -1.4xmedian 18.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 28.6x 37.9xmedian 21.7x -1.5xmedian 28.6x
P/B now vs peer median 63.4xmedian 1.7x 7.4xmedian 2.3x 1.0xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.79 2.94median 1.32 0.03median 0.79

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsADSEETNBEEM
Revenue – $30.03B $26.53M
Gross profit – $10.78B $2.70M
Operating income – $5.32B -$17.23M
Net income – $3.83B -$17.11M
Free cash flow – $3.93B -$12.98M
R&D – $844.00M –
EPS (diluted) – $9.83 $-0.97
Cash & equivalents $5.24M $483.00M $1.03M
Total debt $49.29M $20.61B $165.00K
Shares (diluted) 56.39M 389.50M 17.69M
Enterprise value $450.90M $150.18B $11.66M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricADSEETNBEEM
P/E – 39.0x -1.1x
P/FCF – 37.9x -1.5x
P/Operating cash flow – 30.1x -1.5x
P/S – 5.0x 0.7x
P/B 63.4x 7.4x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 63.4x 19.4x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA – 26.0x -1.4x
EV/EBIT – 31.8x -1.1x
EV/Revenue – 5.6x 0.7x
EV/FCF – 43.0x -1.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – 34.2x -1.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 2.94 0.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricADSEETNBEEM
Revenue growth (1Y) – 15.5% -20.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 10.8% -16.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 8.7% -50.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 12.3% 92.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 8.7% 27.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 15.9% 7.8%
Net income growth (1Y) – -2.4% 25.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 12.2% -39.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – -2.0% 35.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 13.3% -35.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 21.9% -214.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.1% 5.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 20.1% -132.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 13.3% 8.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricADSEETNBEEM
Gross margin – 35.9% 10.2%
EBITDA margin – 21.7% -51.9%
Operating margin – 17.7% -64.9%
Pretax margin – 16.1% -64.9%
Net margin – 12.8% -64.5%
FCF margin – 13.1% -48.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 16.5% -49.8%
Return on equity – 19.1% -82.4%
Return on assets – 6.9% -44.1%
Return on invested capital – 10.3% –
Return on capital employed – 12.2% -64.0%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue – – 5.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricADSEETNBEEM
Debt / assets 52.9% 36.7% 0.4%
Debt / equity 5.6x 1.0x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.1x 0.1x
Debt / FCF – 5.2x 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 90.5% 63.9% 46.9%
Equity / assets 9.5% 36.1% 53.1%
Interest coverage – 12.0x -861.4x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.2x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.2x 0.7x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 3.69 -5.15

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricADSEETNBEEM
Dividend yield – 1.1% –
Net buyback yield – 0.3% -15.3%
Shareholder yield – 1.5% -15.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusADSEETNBEEM
Forward P/E – 27.7xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.58FY2026 $13.88FY2026 $-0.72FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +15.0%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +14.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $206.66MFY2026 $31.83BFY2026 $27.60MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +553.0%FY2026 +16.0%FY2026 -2.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +21.7% +23.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersADSEETNBEEM
Held by institutions 60.4% 84.7% 9.8%
Institutions holding 16 2,642 50
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.3% +1.6% -14.9%
Institutions buying 5 1,399 26
Institutions selling 2 892 9
Buyers to sellers 2.50 1.57 2.89

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ADSEETNBEEM
ADSE 1.00 0.06 0.07
ETN 0.06 1.00 0.34
BEEM 0.07 0.34 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ADSE, ETN and BEEM?

Eaton (ETN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ads-Tec Energy Public (ADSE) $533.21M, Eaton (ETN) $153.00B, Beam Global (BEEM) $19.00M.

Which company is growing faster?

Eaton (ETN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Eaton (ETN) +15.5%, Beam Global (BEEM) -20.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Eaton (ETN) has the highest net margin (Eaton (ETN) 12.8%, Beam Global (BEEM) -64.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Eaton (ETN) returned the most: Ads-Tec Energy Public (ADSE) -7.5%, Eaton (ETN) +1.2%, Beam Global (BEEM) -69.2%. Over five years, Eaton (ETN) compounded fastest (Ads-Tec Energy Public (ADSE) -1.4%/yr, Eaton (ETN) +18.4%/yr, Beam Global (BEEM) -51.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Eaton (ETN) has been the steadiest (Ads-Tec Energy Public (ADSE) 46.3%, Eaton (ETN) 40.7%, Beam Global (BEEM) 78.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ADSE, ETN and BEEM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Eaton (ETN) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.