Nuvve (NASDAQ:NVVE – Get Free Report) and Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Nuvve and Powell Industries”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nuvve | $4.55 million | 0.08 | -$30.82 million | ($330.82) | -0.00 |
| Powell Industries | $1.10 billion | 4.72 | $180.75 million | $5.21 | 27.47 |
Powell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Nuvve. Nuvve is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Powell Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Nuvve and Powell Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nuvve | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Powell Industries | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.86 |
Powell Industries has a consensus price target of $187.92, suggesting a potential upside of 31.32%. Given Powell Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Powell Industries is more favorable than Nuvve.
Profitability
This table compares Nuvve and Powell Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Nuvve | -552.28% | N/A | -161.20% |
| Powell Industries | 16.49% | 27.51% | 15.94% |
Risk and Volatility
Nuvve has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Powell Industries has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
19.0% of Nuvve shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Powell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Nuvve shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Powell Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Powell Industries beats Nuvve on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Nuvve
Nuvve Holding Corp., a green energy technology company, provides commercial vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology platform in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Denmark. The company offers Grid Integrated Vehicle platform, which enables electric vehicle (EV) batteries to store and resell unused energy back to the local electric grid and provide other grid services, as well as allows EV owners to meet the energy demands of individual vehicles and entire fleets. Its V2G technology also links EV batteries into a virtual power plant that sells excess power to utility companies or utilizes saved power to reduce building energy peak consumption. In addition, the company offers networked charging stations, infrastructure, software, professional services, support, monitoring, and parts and labor warranties required to run electric vehicle fleets. It serves its products to owners/operators of light duty fleets, heavy duty fleets, automotive manufacturers, charge point operators, and strategic partners. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
About Powell Industries
Powell Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems. The company’s principal products include integrated power control room substations, custom-engineered modules, electrical houses, medium-voltage circuit breakers, monitoring and control communications systems, motor control centers, switches, and bus duct systems, as well as traditional and arc-resistant distribution switchgears and control gears. Its products have application in voltages ranging from 480 volts to 38,000 volts. The company also provide field service inspection, installation, commissioning, modification and repair, spare parts, retrofit and retrofill components for existing systems, and replacement circuit breakers for switchgear. It serves onshore and offshore production, liquefied natural gas facilities and terminals, pipelines, refineries, and petrochemical plants, as well as electric utility, light rail traction power, mining and metals, pulp and paper, data centers and other municipal, commercial, and industrial markets. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Mexico, and Central and South America. Powell Industries, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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