Analyzing Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) and Nuvve (NASDAQ:NVVE)

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) and Nuvve (NASDAQ:NVVE) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Risk & Volatility

Vertiv has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuvve has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Vertiv and Nuvve’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vertiv	15.09%	50.47%	15.87%
Nuvve	-552.28%	N/A	-161.20%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

89.9% of Vertiv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Nuvve shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Vertiv shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Nuvve shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Vertiv and Nuvve, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vertiv	1	4	22	3	2.90
Nuvve	1	0	0	0	1.00

Vertiv currently has a consensus price target of $348.24, suggesting a potential upside of 37.63%. Given Vertiv’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vertiv is more favorable than Nuvve.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vertiv and Nuvve”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vertiv	$11.48 billion	8.49	$1.33 billion	$4.42	57.24
Nuvve	$4.55 million	0.13	-$30.82 million	($330.82)	-0.00

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

Summary

Vertiv beats Nuvve on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vertiv

Vertiv Holdings Co, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and life cycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It offers AC and DC power management products, switchgear and busbar products, thermal management products, integrated rack systems, modular solutions, and management systems for monitoring and controlling digital infrastructure that are integral to the technologies used for various services, including e-commerce, online banking, file sharing, video on-demand, energy storage, wireless communications, Internet of Things, and online gaming. The company also provides lifecycle management services, predictive analytics, and professional services for deploying, maintaining, and optimizing its products and their related systems; and preventative maintenance, acceptance testing, engineering and consulting, performance assessments, remote monitoring, training, spare parts, and digital critical infrastructure software services. It offers its products primarily under the Vertiv, Liebert, NetSure, Geist, E&I, Powerbar, and Avocent brands. The company serves cloud services, financial services, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, energy, education, government, social media, and retail industries through a network of direct sales professionals, independent sales representatives, channel partners, and original equipment manufacturers. Vertiv Holdings Co is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio.

About Nuvve

Nuvve Holding Corp., a green energy technology company, provides commercial vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology platform in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Denmark. The company offers Grid Integrated Vehicle platform, which enables electric vehicle (EV) batteries to store and resell unused energy back to the local electric grid and provide other grid services, as well as allows EV owners to meet the energy demands of individual vehicles and entire fleets. Its V2G technology also links EV batteries into a virtual power plant that sells excess power to utility companies or utilizes saved power to reduce building energy peak consumption. In addition, the company offers networked charging stations, infrastructure, software, professional services, support, monitoring, and parts and labor warranties required to run electric vehicle fleets. It serves its products to owners/operators of light duty fleets, heavy duty fleets, automotive manufacturers, charge point operators, and strategic partners. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.