Comparing Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) and Nuvve (NASDAQ:NVVE)

Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) and Nuvve (NASDAQ:NVVE) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Gentherm and Nuvve, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gentherm	0	5	2	0	2.29
Nuvve	1	0	0	0	1.00

Gentherm currently has a consensus price target of $37.40, suggesting a potential upside of 17.50%. Given Gentherm’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Gentherm is more favorable than Nuvve.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.1% of Gentherm shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Nuvve shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Gentherm shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Nuvve shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Gentherm has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuvve has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Gentherm and Nuvve’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gentherm	1.47%	11.25%	5.77%
Nuvve	-640.26%	N/A	-158.84%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Gentherm and Nuvve”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gentherm	$1.54 billion	0.63	$18.28 million	$0.75	42.44
Nuvve	$4.79 million	0.46	-$30.82 million	($255.98)	0.00

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

Summary

Gentherm beats Nuvve on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gentherm

Gentherm Incorporated designs, develops, manufactures, and sells thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Automotive and Medical. The Automotive segment offers climate comfort systems, which include seat heaters, blowers, and thermoelectric devices for variable temperature climate control seats and steering wheel heaters that are designed to provide thermal comfort to automobile passengers; integrated electronic components, such as electronic control units; and other climate comfort systems, including neck and shoulder conditioners and climate control system products for door panels, armrests, cupholders, and storage bins. It also provides battery performance solutions comprising cell connecting devices and battery cable technologies used for various types of automotive batteries; thermal management products for heating and cooling; and automotive electronic and software systems, including electronic control units for climate comfort systems, as well as for memory seat modules and other devices. In addition, it offers lumbar and massage comfort solutions, such as lumbar support, side bolster adjustment, multi-contour seats, and massage systems; automotive cable systems, including ready-made individual cables, and ready-to-install cable networks; and valve systems products consisting of applications that offer solutions in fuel management, and other valves for brake and engine systems. This segment serves light vehicle original equipment manufacturers and tier 1s, such as automotive seat manufacturers, and aftermarket seat distributors and installers. The Medical segment offers patient temperature management systems. The company was formerly known as Amerigon Incorporated and changed its name to Gentherm Incorporated in September 2012. Gentherm Incorporated was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Northville, Michigan.

About Nuvve

Nuvve Holding Corp., a green energy technology company, provides commercial vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology platform in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Denmark. The company offers Grid Integrated Vehicle platform, which enables electric vehicle (EV) batteries to store and resell unused energy back to the local electric grid and provide other grid services, as well as allows EV owners to meet the energy demands of individual vehicles and entire fleets. Its V2G technology also links EV batteries into a virtual power plant that sells excess power to utility companies or utilizes saved power to reduce building energy peak consumption. In addition, the company offers networked charging stations, infrastructure, software, professional services, support, monitoring, and parts and labor warranties required to run electric vehicle fleets. It serves its products to owners/operators of light duty fleets, heavy duty fleets, automotive manufacturers, charge point operators, and strategic partners. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.