NuScale Power (SMR) vs. Its Peers Financial Contrast

NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) is one of 218 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare NuScale Power to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares NuScale Power and its peers’ 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%
NuScale Power Competitors	-218.76%	-85.01%	-8.81%

Risk and Volatility

NuScale Power has a beta of 2.26, meaning that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NuScale Power’s peers have a beta of -19.64, meaning that their average stock price is 2,064% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for NuScale Power and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NuScale Power	3	9	4	1	2.18
NuScale Power Competitors	2154	4987	6929	417	2.39

NuScale Power currently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 45.32%. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 26.00%. Given NuScale Power’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe NuScale Power is more favorable than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

78.4% of NuScale Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of NuScale Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares NuScale Power and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NuScale Power	$31.48 million	-$355.79 million	-3.18
NuScale Power Competitors	$2.35 billion	$142.96 million	20.68

NuScale Power’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than NuScale Power. NuScale Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

NuScale Power peers beat NuScale Power on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

NuScale Power Company Profile

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.