Critical Comparison: Fusion Fuel Green (HTOO) and The Competition

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

Institutional & 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Fusion Fuel Green and its peers, as reported 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	400	948	1012	41	2.29

As a group, “Industrial Services” companies have a potential upside of 12.26%. Given Fusion Fuel Green’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fusion Fuel Green has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fusion Fuel Green	$1.74 million	-$14.92 million	-0.42
Fusion Fuel Green Competitors	$9.76 billion	$634.44 million	10.81

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

Profitability

This table compares Fusion Fuel Green and its peers’ 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%

Volatility & Risk

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

Summary

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

About Fusion Fuel Green

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.