Financial Survey: TSS (NASDAQ:TSSI) and Envirotech Vehicles (NASDAQ:AZIO)

Envirotech Vehicles (NASDAQ:AZIO) and TSS (NASDAQ:TSSI) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Envirotech Vehicles has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TSS has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Envirotech Vehicles and TSS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Envirotech Vehicles	-331.76%	-1,284.22%	-219.83%
TSS	7.44%	19.22%	8.46%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

5.7% of Envirotech Vehicles shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Envirotech Vehicles shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of TSS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Envirotech Vehicles and TSS, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Envirotech Vehicles	1	0	0	0	1.00
TSS	0	2	1	0	2.33

TSS has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.54%. Given TSS’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TSS is more favorable than Envirotech Vehicles.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Envirotech Vehicles and TSS”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Envirotech Vehicles	$5.94 million	3.74	-$39.13 million	($4.90)	-0.28
TSS	$245.72 million	1.07	$15.12 million	$0.48	19.38

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

Summary

TSS beats Envirotech Vehicles on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Envirotech Vehicles

Envirotech Vehicles, Inc. manufactures and provides zero-emission electric vehicles in the United States. It offers Class 2 through logistics vans; class 4 through urban trucks, school buses, electric forklifts, street sweepers, neighborhood electric vehicles, and right-hand drive vans and urban trucks. The company also offers vehicle maintenance and safety inspection services. It serves commercial and last-mile fleets, school districts, public and private transportation service companies, and colleges and universities. The company was formerly known as ADOMANI, Inc. and changed its name to Envirotech Vehicles, Inc. in May 2021. Envirotech Vehicles, Inc. is headquartered in Osceola, Arkansas.

About TSS

TSS, Inc. offers planning, design, engineering, construction management, commissioning and maintenance services. It provides these services primarily for specialized facilities such as data centers, communications rooms, call centers, laboratories, trading floors, network operations centers, medical facilities and similar environments. TSS Inc., formerly known as Fortress International Group, Inc., is based in Columbia, United States.