Smart Powerr (NASDAQ:CREG – Get Free Report) and Greenwave Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:GWAV – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Smart Powerr and Greenwave Technology Solutions”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Smart Powerr | $350,237.00 | 0.13 | -$2.90 million | ($1.90) | -0.01 |
| Greenwave Technology Solutions | $46.66 million | 0.03 | -$21.60 million | ($21.77) | -0.09 |
Smart Powerr has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Greenwave Technology Solutions. Greenwave Technology Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smart Powerr, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Smart Powerr and Greenwave Technology Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Smart Powerr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Greenwave Technology Solutions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Volatility & Risk
Smart Powerr has a beta of 2.46, meaning that its stock price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenwave Technology Solutions has a beta of -0.13, meaning that its stock price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
0.2% of Smart Powerr shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Greenwave Technology Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Smart Powerr shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Greenwave Technology Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Smart Powerr and Greenwave Technology Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Smart Powerr | -732.00% | -1.95% | -1.76% |
| Greenwave Technology Solutions | -27.67% | -64.32% | -30.24% |
Summary
Smart Powerr beats Greenwave Technology Solutions on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Smart Powerr
Smart Powerr Corp. engages in the waste energy recycling business in China. The company provides energy saving and recovery facilities for various energy intensive industries; waste energy recycling systems for use in nonferrous metal plants; and clean-technology and energy-efficient solutions to reduce air pollution and energy shortage problems. It also designs, finances, constructs, and installs the waste energy recycling project to mid to large-size enterprises involved in high energy-consuming businesses; and provides project investment, investment management, economic information consulting, technical, financial leasing, and financial leasing transactions and consulting services; purchases, repairs, and disposes financial leasing assets; sells and leases energy saving systems and equipment. In addition, the company offers waste gas-to-energy solutions comprising the waste gas power generation system that utilizes flammable waste gas to generate electricity; and flammable waste gases emitted from industrial production processes, such as blast furnace gas, and coke furnace gas, oil or gas to power gas-fired generators, as well as uses the waste heat generated in industrial production to make steam to generate electricity through a steam turbine. Further, it markets its projects to the industrial manufacturers to utilize energy recovery projects in their manufacturing processes, including steel, cement, nonferrous metal, coal, and petrochemical industries. The company was formerly known as China Recycling Energy Corporation and changed its name to Smart Powerr Corp. in March 2022. Smart Powerr Corp. was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Xi'an, China.
About Greenwave Technology Solutions
Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc., through its subsidiary, operates metal recycling facilities in Virginia, Ohio, and North Carolina. The company collects, classifies, and processes appliances, construction materials, end-of-life vehicles, boats, and industrial machinery. It is also involved in the purchasing and sale of processed and unprocessed scrap metals; and operation of automotive shredders. In addition, the company process nonferrous metals, such as aluminum, copper, stainless steel, nickel, brass, titanium, lead, alloys, and mixed metal products; and sells catalytic converters recovered from end-of-life vehicles to processors that extracts nonferrous precious metals comprising platinum, palladium, and rhodium. It serves large corporations, industrial manufacturers, retail customers, and government organizations. The company was formerly known as MassRoots, Inc and changed its name to Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc. in October 2021. Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Chesapeake, Virginia.
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