Nuvve (NASDAQ:NVVE) versus Federal Screw Works (OTCMKTS:FSCR) Head-To-Head Analysis

Nuvve (NASDAQ:NVVE) and Federal Screw Works (OTCMKTS:FSCR) 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 valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Nuvve and Federal Screw Works’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nuvve	-641.21%	N/A	-174.96%
Federal Screw Works	1.66%	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Nuvve and Federal Screw Works”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nuvve	$5.29 million	0.74	-$17.40 million	($11.99)	-0.02
Federal Screw Works	$97.55 million	0.14	$1.62 million	$0.98	9.90

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Nuvve and Federal Screw Works, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nuvve	1	0	0	0	1.00
Federal Screw Works	0	0	0	0	0.00

Insider and Institutional Ownership

19.0% of Nuvve shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of Nuvve shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 46.2% of Federal Screw Works shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Nuvve has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Screw Works has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Federal Screw Works beats Nuvve on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Federal Screw Works

Federal Screw Works manufactures and sells industrial component parts primarily to the automobile industry in the United States. It operates through Big Rapids, Romulus, Traverse City, and Novex Tool divisions. The company offers cold formed and machined pins, including piston pins, planetary and differential gear shafts, and oil pump and steering shafts for the automotive, refrigeration, and small engine industries; and cold formed machined products, such as suspension ball studs, fluid line adapters, and precision formed and machined valve lifter bodies to the automotive industry. It also provides close tolerance machined products that are used in transmission valves, ball joints, steering gear bulkhead assemblies, torque converter hubs, and piston pins; and engineered nut products comprising prevailing torque nuts, free spinning nuts, slotted nuts, nut retainer assemblies, and nut washer assemblies to the automotive industry. In addition, the company offers cold form tooling products, which include assemblies, sleeves, dies, and punches; and complex cold formed parts, such as tie rod housings, valve lifter bodies, and suspension components. Federal Screw Works was founded in 1917 and is based in Romulus, Michigan.