Comparing NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) and Alaska Power & Telephone (OTCMKTS:APTL)

Alaska Power & Telephone (OTCMKTS:APTL) and NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Alaska Power & Telephone and NuScale Power”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alaska Power & Telephone	$64.21 million	1.13	$6.15 million	$5.88	10.20
NuScale Power	$37.04 million	360.25	-$136.62 million	($1.37)	-34.25

Alaska Power & Telephone has higher revenue and earnings than NuScale Power. NuScale Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alaska Power & Telephone, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Alaska Power & Telephone has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NuScale Power has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Alaska Power & Telephone and NuScale Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alaska Power & Telephone	N/A	N/A	N/A
NuScale Power	-273.36%	0.09%	0.07%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

78.4% of NuScale Power shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of NuScale Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Alaska Power & Telephone and NuScale Power, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alaska Power & Telephone	0	0	0	0	0.00
NuScale Power	0	6	3	0	2.33

NuScale Power has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential downside of 31.80%. Given NuScale Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NuScale Power is more favorable than Alaska Power & Telephone.

Summary

NuScale Power beats Alaska Power & Telephone on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Alaska Power & Telephone

Alaska Power & Telephone Company provides energy, telecommunications, and broadband services to the residents, businesses, and communities of rural Alaska. The company operates through Energy and Telecom divisions. It generates energy using hydro and fossil-fuels. In addition, the company provides voice, as well as broadband services. Alaska Power & Telephone Company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Ketchikan, Washington.

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. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. NuScale Power Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Fluor Enterprises, Inc.