NuScale Power (SMR) Competitors

NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) and XPEL (NASDAQ:XPEL) are both fabricated products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, SMR or XPEL?

NuScale Power has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPEL has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SMR or XPEL?

NuScale Power currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential downside of 37.43%. XPEL has a consensus price target of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.69%. Given XPEL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe XPEL is more favorable than NuScale Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NuScale Power	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
XPEL	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, SMR or XPEL?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NuScale Power	$37.04M	392.69	-$136.62M	-$1.37	-37.33
XPEL	$420.40M	2.35	$45.49M	$1.71	20.85

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SMR or XPEL?

78.4% of NuScale Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of XPEL shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of NuScale Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of XPEL 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.

Is SMR or XPEL more profitable?

XPEL has a net margin of 10.92% compared to NuScale Power's net margin of -273.36%. XPEL's return on equity of 21.89% beat NuScale Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NuScale Power	-273.36%	0.09%	0.07%
XPEL	10.92%	21.89%	17.30%

Does the media refer more to SMR or XPEL?

In the previous week, NuScale Power had 14 more articles in the media than XPEL. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for NuScale Power and 3 mentions for XPEL. NuScale Power's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat XPEL's score of 0.00 indicating that NuScale Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NuScale Power	6 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
XPEL	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

XPEL beats NuScale Power on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.