Critical Contrast: Fusion Fuel Green (HTOO) and Its Rivals

Fusion Fuel Green (NASDAQ:HTOO) is one of 24 publicly-traded companies in the “Industrial Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Fusion Fuel Green to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Fusion Fuel Green and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fusion Fuel Green	1	0	0	0	1.00
Fusion Fuel Green Competitors	404	953	1013	41	2.29

As a group, “Industrial Services” companies have a potential upside of 10.95%. Given Fusion Fuel Green’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fusion Fuel Green has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk and Volatility

Fusion Fuel Green has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fusion Fuel Green’s rivals have a beta of 1.21, suggesting that their average stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Fusion Fuel Green and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fusion Fuel Green	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fusion Fuel Green Competitors	-11.05%	8.32%	2.84%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.8% of Fusion Fuel Green shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of shares of all “Industrial Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of Fusion Fuel Green shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of shares of all “Industrial Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Fusion Fuel Green and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fusion Fuel Green	$1.74 million	-$14.92 million	-0.35
Fusion Fuel Green Competitors	$9.75 billion	$634.44 million	18.91

Fusion Fuel Green’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Fusion Fuel Green. Fusion Fuel Green is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Fusion Fuel Green rivals beat Fusion Fuel Green on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Fusion Fuel Green Company Profile

Fusion Fuel Green PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells miniaturized PEM electrolyzers to produce green hydrogen in Portugal, Spain, and rest of southern Europe. The company offers HEVO-Chain, a centralized PEM electrolyzer; and HEVO-Solar, a grid-independent hydrogen generator. It also provides engineering and procurement services comprising advisory, concept and proposal developments; FEL I, II and III studies; construction and legalization services; and operation and maintenance services. In addition, the company is involved in hydrogen project development. It serves natural gas networks and grids, oil refineries, ammonia producers, regulators, and related government departments. Fusion Fuel Green PLC was founded in 2018 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.