Financial Survey: NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) and THT Heat Transfer Technology (OTCMKTS:THTI)

NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) and THT Heat Transfer Technology (OTCMKTS:THTI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Profitability

This table compares NuScale Power and THT Heat Transfer Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NuScale Power	-654.97%	-43.96%	-33.64%
THT Heat Transfer Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares NuScale Power and THT Heat Transfer Technology’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NuScale Power	$17.91 million	76.78	-$57.07 million	($0.66)	-9.09
THT Heat Transfer Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

THT Heat Transfer Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NuScale Power.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for NuScale Power and THT Heat Transfer Technology, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NuScale Power	0	2	1	0	2.33
THT Heat Transfer Technology	0	0	0	0	N/A

NuScale Power presently has a consensus price target of $12.17, indicating a potential upside of 102.78%. Given NuScale Power’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NuScale Power is more favorable than THT Heat Transfer Technology.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.7% of NuScale Power shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of NuScale Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of THT Heat Transfer Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

About NuScale Power

NuScale Power Corporation engages in the development and sale of modular light water reactor nuclear power plants to supply energy for electrical generation, district heating, desalination, hydrogen production, and other process heat applications. It offers NuScale Power Module (NPM), a water reactor that can generate 77 megawatts of electricity (MWe); and VOYGR power plant designs for three facility sizes that are capable of housing from one to four and six or twelve NPMs. NuScale Power Corporation was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. NuScale Power Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Fluor Enterprises, Inc.

About THT Heat Transfer Technology

THT Heat Transfer Technology, Inc. engages in the manufacture and trading of plate heat exchangers and related products. It offers plate heat exchangers, heat exchanger units, air-cooled heat exchangers, and shell-and-tube heat exchangers. The company was founded on August 7, 2006 and is headquartered in Siping, China.