NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR – Get Free Report) and Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for NuScale Power and Plug Power, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| NuScale Power | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2.18 |
| Plug Power | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2.35 |
NuScale Power currently has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 39.75%. Plug Power has a consensus price target of $3.59, indicating a potential upside of 65.32%. Given Plug Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Plug Power is more favorable than NuScale Power.
Volatility & Risk
Profitability
This table compares NuScale Power and Plug Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| NuScale Power | -3,888.70% | -35.59% | -30.27% |
| Plug Power | -220.59% | -56.01% | -21.09% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
78.4% of NuScale Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of Plug Power shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of NuScale Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Plug Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares NuScale Power and Plug Power”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| NuScale Power | $31.48 million | 131.86 | -$355.79 million | ($2.92) | -3.31 |
| Plug Power | $709.92 million | 4.27 | -$1.63 billion | ($1.26) | -1.72 |
NuScale Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plug Power. NuScale Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plug Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Plug Power beats NuScale Power on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About NuScale Power
NuScale Power Corporation engages in the development and sale of modular light water reactor nuclear power plants to supply energy for electrical generation, district heating, desalination, hydrogen production, and other process heat applications. It offers NuScale Power Module (NPM), a water reactor that can generate 77 megawatts of electricity (MWe); and VOYGR power plant designs for three facility sizes that are capable of housing from one to four and six or twelve NPMs. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. NuScale Power Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Fluor Enterprises, Inc.
About Plug Power
Plug Power Inc. develops hydrogen and fuel cell product solutions in North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company offers GenDrive, a hydrogen-fueled proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system that provides power to material handling electric vehicles; GenSure, a stationary fuel cell solution that offers modular PEM fuel cell power to support the backup and grid-support power requirements of the telecommunications, transportation, and utility sectors; ProGen, a fuel cell stack and engine technology used in mobility and stationary fuel cell systems, and as engines in electric delivery vans; GenFuel, a liquid hydrogen fueling delivery, generation, storage, and dispensing system; GenCare, an ongoing Internet of Things-based maintenance and on-site service program for GenDrive fuel cell systems, GenSure fuel cell systems, GenFuel hydrogen storage and dispensing products, and ProGen fuel cell engines; and GenKey, an integrated turn-key solution for transitioning to fuel cell power. It also provides electrolyzers, a hydrogen generator for clean hydrogen production; liquefaction systems that provides liquid hydrogen to customers; cryogenic equipment for the distribution of liquified hydrogen, oxygen, argon, nitrogen and other cryogenic gases, including trailers and mobile storage equipment; and liquid hydrogen, an alternative fuel to fossil-based energy. The company sells its products through a direct product sales force, original equipment manufacturers, and dealer networks. Plug Power Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Latham, New York.
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