Contrasting Decent (NASDAQ:DXST) and Smart Powerr (NASDAQ:CREG)

Decent (NASDAQ:DXST) and Smart Powerr (NASDAQ:CREG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.2% of Smart Powerr shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of Smart Powerr shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Decent has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart Powerr has a beta of 2.26, indicating that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Decent and Smart Powerr’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Decent	N/A	N/A	N/A
Smart Powerr	-732.00%	-1.95%	-1.76%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Decent and Smart Powerr, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Decent	1	0	0	0	1.00
Smart Powerr	1	0	0	0	1.00

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Decent and Smart Powerr”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Decent	$12.95 million	0.36	-$320,000.00	N/A	N/A
Smart Powerr	$260,000.00	27.24	-$2.90 million	($0.19)	-1.62

Decent has higher revenue and earnings than Smart Powerr.

Summary

Decent beats Smart Powerr on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Decent

Decent Holding, Inc. engages in the provision of wastewater treatment by cleansing the industrial wastewater, ecological river restoration, and river ecosystem management. Its products and services include river water quality management and microbial products for water quality enhancement and pollutant cleansing purposes. The company was founded by Ding Xin Sun on January 6, 2022 and is headquartered in Yantai, China.

About Smart Powerr

Smart Powerr Corp. engages in the waste energy recycling business in China. The company provides energy saving and recovery facilities for various energy intensive industries; waste energy recycling systems for use in nonferrous metal plants; and clean-technology and energy-efficient solutions to reduce air pollution and energy shortage problems. It also designs, finances, constructs, and installs the waste energy recycling project to mid to large-size enterprises involved in high energy-consuming businesses; and provides project investment, investment management, economic information consulting, technical, financial leasing, and financial leasing transactions and consulting services; purchases, repairs, and disposes financial leasing assets; sells and leases energy saving systems and equipment. In addition, the company offers waste gas-to-energy solutions comprising the waste gas power generation system that utilizes flammable waste gas to generate electricity; and flammable waste gases emitted from industrial production processes, such as blast furnace gas, and coke furnace gas, oil or gas to power gas-fired generators, as well as uses the waste heat generated in industrial production to make steam to generate electricity through a steam turbine. Further, it markets its projects to the industrial manufacturers to utilize energy recovery projects in their manufacturing processes, including steel, cement, nonferrous metal, coal, and petrochemical industries. The company was formerly known as China Recycling Energy Corporation and changed its name to Smart Powerr Corp. in March 2022. Smart Powerr Corp. was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Xi'an, China.