Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV) and Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) Critical Contrast

Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) and Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Beam Global and Energy Vault, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beam Global	2	1	0	1	2.00
Energy Vault	2	1	4	0	2.29

Beam Global presently has a consensus target price of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.53%. Energy Vault has a consensus target price of $6.01, suggesting a potential upside of 58.68%. Given Energy Vault’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Energy Vault is more favorable than Beam Global.

Profitability

This table compares Beam Global and Energy Vault’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beam Global	-64.60%	-73.59%	-41.43%
Energy Vault	-48.58%	-236.83%	-34.74%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Beam Global and Energy Vault”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beam Global	$28.24 million	1.15	-$27.00 million	($0.82)	-1.75
Energy Vault	$203.67 million	3.38	-$103.61 million	($0.66)	-5.73

Beam Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Energy Vault. Energy Vault is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beam Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

26.6% of Beam Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Energy Vault shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Beam Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Energy Vault shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Beam Global has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Vault has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Energy Vault beats Beam Global on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Beam Global

Beam Global, a clean-technology innovation company, engages in the design, development, engineering, manufacture, and sale of renewably energized infrastructure products and battery solutions. Its product portfolio includes EV ARC (electric vehicle autonomous renewable charger), an infrastructure product that uses integrated solar power and battery storage to provide a mounting asset and a source of power for factory installed electric vehicle charging stations; Solar Tree DCFC, an off-grid, renewably energized, and single-column mounted smart generation and energy storage system to provide a 150kW DC fast charge to one or more electric vehicles, such as electric buses, heavy-duty vehicles, agricultural equipment, public transportation, and electric vehicles used in the construction industry; and EV ARC DCFC, a DC fast charging system for charging EVs. The company is also involved in the development of EV-Standard, a lamp standard, EV charging, and emergency power product that uses an existing streetlamp's foundation and a combination of solar, wind, grid connection, and onboard energy storage to provide curbside charging; and UAV ARC, an off-grid and renewably energized product and network used to charge aerial drone (UAV) fleets. It offers its solutions for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, energy storage, energy security, disaster preparedness, street lighting, telecommunications, energy infrastructure, and outdoor media and branding industries. The company was formerly known as Envision Solar International, Inc. and changed its name to Beam Global in September 2020. Beam Global was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

About Energy Vault

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. develops and sells energy storage solutions. The company offers B-Vault, an electrochemical battery energy storage systems for shorter-duration energy storage needs; G-Vault, a proprietary gravity energy storage solution, including EVx solution; and H-Vault, a hybrid energy storage systems including systems that integrate green hydrogen. Its software solutions includes Vault-OS, an energy management system the management of one or more diverse storage mediums; Vault-Bidder that utilizes machine learning algorithms to match node-specific data with real-time weather and asset performance information; and Vault-Manager which designs to safeguard asset management and to help blend developing technologies seamlessly into existing solutions. Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. is based in Westlake Village, California.