Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) & GreenPower Motor (NASDAQ:GP) Critical Review

Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) and GreenPower Motor (NASDAQ:GP) are both small-cap industrials 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Taylor Devices and GreenPower Motor”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Taylor Devices	$41.65 million	4.64	$8.56 million	$2.63	22.84
GreenPower Motor	$16.39 million	0.35	-$5.48 million	($0.68)	-1.19

Taylor Devices has higher revenue and earnings than GreenPower Motor. GreenPower Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Taylor Devices and GreenPower Motor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taylor Devices	20.56%	12.49%	11.56%
GreenPower Motor	-24.28%	N/A	-7.44%

Volatility and Risk

Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GreenPower Motor has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.6% of Taylor Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of GreenPower Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of Taylor Devices shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.1% of GreenPower Motor 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Taylor Devices and GreenPower Motor, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taylor Devices	0	1	1	1	3.00
GreenPower Motor	1	1	0	0	1.50

Taylor Devices currently has a consensus price target of $70.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.51%. Given Taylor Devices’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Taylor Devices is more favorable than GreenPower Motor.

Summary

Taylor Devices beats GreenPower Motor on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Taylor Devices

Taylor Devices, Inc. engages in design, development, manufacture, and marketing of shock absorption, rate control, and energy storage devices for use in machinery, equipment, and structures in the United States, Asia, and internationally. Its products include seismic dampers that are designed to mitigate the effects of earthquakes on structures; Fluidicshoks, which are compact shock absorbers primarily used in defense, aerospace, and commercial industries; and crane and industrial buffers, which are larger versions of the Fluidicshoks for industrial application on cranes and crane trolleys, truck docks, ladle and ingot cars, ore trolleys, and train car stops. The company's products also comprise self-adjusting shock absorbers that include versions of Fluidicshoks, and crane and industrial buffers, which automatically adjust to various impact conditions and are designed for high cycle application primarily in the heavy industry; liquid die springs that are used as component parts of machinery and equipment used in the manufacture of tools and dies; vibration dampers, which are primarily used by aerospace and defense industries to control the response of electronics and optical systems subjected to air, ship, or spacecraft vibration; machined springs used in the aerospace applications; and custom actuators for special aerospace and defense applications. It markets its products through a network of sales representatives and distributors. The company was incorporated in 1955 and is headquartered in North Tonawanda, New York.

About GreenPower Motor

GreenPower Motor Company Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes electric vehicles for commercial markets in the United States and Canada. The company offers commercial vehicles for delivery, public transit, schools, vanpools, micro-transit, shuttles, and other; and passenger, student, low floor transit, and cargo transportation. It leases its vehicles to customers. GreenPower Motor Company Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.