NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) & SES AI (NYSE:SES) Head-To-Head Contrast

SES AI (NYSE:SES) and NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

SES AI has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NuScale Power has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares SES AI and NuScale Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SES AI	-289.64%	-26.21%	-20.78%
NuScale Power	-3,888.70%	-35.59%	-30.27%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

29.8% of SES AI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of NuScale Power shares are held by institutional investors. 12.7% of SES AI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of NuScale Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SES AI and NuScale Power”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SES AI	$21.00 million	14.00	-$73.04 million	($0.20)	-3.96
NuScale Power	$31.48 million	69.47	-$355.79 million	($2.92)	-1.74

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for SES AI and NuScale Power, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SES AI	1	1	1	0	2.00
NuScale Power	5	7	4	1	2.06

SES AI currently has a consensus target price of $2.55, suggesting a potential upside of 221.97%. NuScale Power has a consensus target price of $10.23, suggesting a potential upside of 101.04%. Given SES AI’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SES AI is more favorable than NuScale Power.

Summary

NuScale Power beats SES AI on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SES AI

SES AI Corporation engages in the development and production of high-performance Lithium-metal rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles, electric vehicle take-off and landing, and other applications. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts.

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.