ZEO vs SMXT vs RUN Stock Comparison

Zeo Energy, SolarMax Technology and Sunrun Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ZEO Zeo Energy Corp.
$0.26 -31.6% 1M -86.7% 1Y
Market cap
$8.88M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$71.82M
Div. yield
–
Solar Installers Industrials
RUN Sunrun Inc.
$7.27 -10.4% 1M -65.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.80B
P/E
4.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.48B
Div. yield
–
Solar Installers Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Sunrun leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Sunrun 5, SolarMax Technology 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionZEOSMXTRUNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.88M $20.79M $1.80B RUN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.8x -2.6x 4.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 5.2x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.2% +284.7% +63.2% SMXT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -15.4% -7.9% 11.6% RUN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -67.1% -24.2% 0.5% RUN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x -5.4x 17.3x SMXT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -86.7% +335.1% -65.1% SMXT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — -33.1%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 119.8% 269.9% 82.2% RUN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 33/100 23/100 44/100 RUN

Percentile Scorecard

ZEOSMXTRUN

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

AxisZEOSMXTRUN
Valuation 24 #40 of 52 26 #39 of 52 78 #12 of 52
Growth 8 #34 of 37 58 #16 of 37 92 #4 of 37
Profitability 14 #32 of 37 11 #33 of 37 31 #26 of 37
Financial Health 30 #40 of 57 11 #51 of 57 5 #54 of 57
Shareholder Returns 89 #4 of 27 8 #25 of 27 15 #23 of 27
Overall 33 23 44
  • ZEO ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • SMXT ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • RUN ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodZEOSMXTRUNSPY
1 month -31.6%+84.8%-10.4% -0.8%
3 months -49.0%+1,150.0%-27.2% +3.5%
6 months -74.3%+608.1%-44.2% +7.0%
Year to date -76.1%+417.8%-60.5% +12.2%
1 year -86.7%+335.1%-65.1% +13.0%
3 years -97.7%—-17.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year -71.5%—-6.3% +23.1%
5 years ——-86.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year ——-33.1% +11.0%
10 years ——+31.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——+2.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureZEOSMXTRUNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 119.8%269.9%82.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 113.2%107.9%91.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.402.172.76 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.721.24-0.79 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.2%-98.1%-90.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -86.9%-23.3%-66.0% -1.8%
52-week high $1.99$5.54$21.41 $779.14
52-week low $0.21$0.29$6.89 $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.

MultipleZEOSMXTRUN
P/E now vs peer median -0.8xmedian 25.7x -2.5xmedian 25.7x 4.3xmedian 25.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 0.8x 0.2xmedian 0.8x 0.5xmedian 0.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -2.4xmedian 12.9x -8.1xmedian 12.9x 19.4xmedian 12.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -3.3xmedian 22.5x -4.7xmedian 22.5x 6.1xmedian 22.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 2.3x -1.3xmedian 2.3x 0.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.02median 0.56 —median 0.56 0.08median 0.56

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 monthsZEOSMXTRUN
Revenue $71.82M $102.25M $3.48B
Gross profit $36.70M $7.67M $1.23B
Operating income -$11.92M -$7.73M $92.29M
Net income -$11.05M -$8.09M -$958.46M
Free cash flow -$6.29M -$4.28M $287.45M
R&D – – $38.46M
EPS (diluted) $-0.31 $-1.71 $1.47
Cash & equivalents $2.50M $2.16M –
Total debt $17.94M $43.35M $14.53B
Shares (diluted) 35.84M 4.74M 274.00M
Enterprise value -$5.41M $641.73K $1.80B

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
MetricZEOSMXTRUN
P/E -0.8x -2.5x 4.3x
P/FCF -3.3x -4.7x 6.1x
P/Operating cash flow -3.7x -4.7x -8.7x
P/S 0.3x 0.2x 0.5x
P/B 2.2x -1.3x 0.4x
P/Tangible book 2.2x -1.3x 0.4x
EV/EBITDA -2.4x -8.1x 19.4x
EV/EBIT -2.0x -7.9x 176.4x
EV/Revenue 0.3x 0.6x 4.7x
EV/FCF -3.8x -14.3x 56.6x
EV/Operating cash flow -4.4x -14.3x -81.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.02 – 0.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricZEOSMXTRUN
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.2% 284.7% 63.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – 12.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.8% 81.9% 192.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 70.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 41.7% 47.6% 102.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -144.8% – 28.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 44.8% 51.6% 74.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -47.0% – -6.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 29.1% 61.0% 115.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -39.9% – 54.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -497.3% -187.4% 75.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -44.0% – 42.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -257.2% -187.4% 128.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -46.5% – 27.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricZEOSMXTRUN
Gross margin 51.1% 7.5% 35.3%
EBITDA margin -14.0% -7.4% 24.2%
Operating margin -16.6% -7.6% 2.7%
Pretax margin -15.5% -8.9% -26.4%
Net margin -15.4% -7.9% 11.6%
FCF margin -8.8% -4.2% 8.3%
Operating cash flow margin -7.6% -4.2% -5.8%
Return on equity -96.1% – -22.2%
Return on assets -19.6% -7.5% -4.2%
Return on invested capital -67.1% -24.2% 0.5%
Return on capital employed -27.3% -13.1% 0.4%
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.9x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 0.5x 0.2x
Stock comp / revenue 2.7% – 3.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricZEOSMXTRUN
Debt / assets 11.0% 39.2% 62.2%
Debt / equity 0.7x -2.7x 3.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x -5.4x 17.3x
Debt / FCF -1.0x -10.1x 50.5x
Liabilities / assets 83.4% 114.6% 81.2%
Equity / assets 16.6% -14.6% 18.8%
Interest coverage -60.1x -5.5x –
Current ratio 1.6x 1.0x 1.4x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.8x –
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.0x –
Altman Z-score -0.42 -0.68 0.04

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricZEOSMXTRUN
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 5.1% -19.3% -0.7%
Shareholder yield 5.1% -19.3% -0.7%
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.

ConsensusZEOSMXTRUN
Forward P/E – – 5.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – – $1.40FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – -18.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – -54.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year – – $3.22BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – – +8.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – – -2.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersZEOSMXTRUN
Held by institutions – 3.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 19 396
Change in shares held, QoQ – -11.1% +4.4%
Institutions buying – 8 225
Institutions selling – 7 107
Buyers to sellers – 1.14 2.10

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.

ZEOSMXTRUN
ZEO 1.00 0.05 0.21
SMXT 0.05 1.00 0.03
RUN 0.21 0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ZEO, SMXT and RUN?

Sunrun (RUN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Zeo Energy (ZEO) $8.88M, SolarMax Technology (SMXT) $20.79M, Sunrun (RUN) $1.80B.

Which company is growing faster?

SolarMax Technology (SMXT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Zeo Energy (ZEO) +10.2%, SolarMax Technology (SMXT) +284.7%, Sunrun (RUN) +63.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sunrun (RUN) has the highest net margin (Zeo Energy (ZEO) -15.4%, SolarMax Technology (SMXT) -7.9%, Sunrun (RUN) 11.6%). On return on invested capital, Sunrun (RUN) leads (Zeo Energy (ZEO) -67.1%, SolarMax Technology (SMXT) -24.2%, Sunrun (RUN) 0.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year SolarMax Technology (SMXT) returned the most: Zeo Energy (ZEO) -86.7%, SolarMax Technology (SMXT) +335.1%, Sunrun (RUN) -65.1%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sunrun (RUN) has been the steadiest (Zeo Energy (ZEO) 119.8%, SolarMax Technology (SMXT) 269.9%, Sunrun (RUN) 82.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ZEO, SMXT and RUN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sunrun (RUN) leads on 5. 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.