Comparing NuScale Power (SMR) and Its Competitors

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

78.4% of NuScale Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of NuScale Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for NuScale Power and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NuScale Power	3	9	4	1	2.18
NuScale Power Competitors	2145	4981	6922	416	2.39

NuScale Power currently has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.86%. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 24.73%. Given NuScale Power’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NuScale Power is more favorable than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares NuScale Power and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NuScale Power	$31.48 million	-$355.79 million	-3.11
NuScale Power Competitors	$2.33 billion	$137.32 million	20.84

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.

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	-218.83%	-207.77%	-8.81%

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.