Spruce Power (NYSE:SPRU – Get Free Report) and Mistras Group (NYSE:MG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares Spruce Power and Mistras Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Spruce Power | -23.23% | -18.82% | -2.86% |
| Mistras Group | 2.55% | 13.10% | 4.97% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Spruce Power and Mistras Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Spruce Power | $108.01 million | 0.89 | -$70.49 million | ($1.38) | -3.84 |
| Mistras Group | $729.64 million | 0.56 | $18.96 million | $0.58 | 22.24 |
Mistras Group has higher revenue and earnings than Spruce Power. Spruce Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mistras Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Spruce Power has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mistras Group has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
20.8% of Spruce Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of Mistras Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.7% of Spruce Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Mistras Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Spruce Power and Mistras Group, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Spruce Power | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Mistras Group | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
Mistras Group has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.01%. Given Mistras Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mistras Group is more favorable than Spruce Power.
Summary
Mistras Group beats Spruce Power on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Spruce Power
Spruce Power Holding Corporation owns and operates distributed solar energy assets in the United States. The company provides subscription-based services for homeowners and businesses to own and maintain rooftop solar and battery storage. It offers its subscription-based services to approximately 75,000 customers. The company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
About Mistras Group
Mistras Group, Inc. provides technology-enabled asset protection solutions in the United States, other Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company offers non-destructive testing services; inline inspection for pipelines; and plant condition management software. It also provides maintenance and light mechanical services, such as corrosion removal, mitigation and prevention, insulation installation and removal, electrical, heat tracing, industrial cleaning, pipefitting, and welding; engineering consulting services primarily for process equipment, technologies, and facilities; and utilizes scaffolding and rope access to access at-height and confined assets. In addition, the company offers certified divers for subsea inspection and maintenance; unmanned aerial, land-based, and subsea systems for inspection applications; online condition-monitoring solutions; quality assurance and quality control solutions for new and existing metal and alloy components, materials, and composites. Further, it builds monitoring systems, as well as provides inspection, maintenance, monitoring and data services; and Web-based solutions. Additionally, the company designs, manufactures, and sells acoustic emission sensors, instruments, and turnkey systems for monitoring and testing materials, pressure components, processes, and structures; and ultrasonic testing equipment. It serves oil and gas, aerospace and defense, fossil and nuclear power, power generation and transmission, civil infrastructure, manufacturing, industrial, public infrastructure, petrochemical, transportation, and other process industries, as well as infrastructure, research, and engineering industries. Mistras Group, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.
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