Contrasting Fusion Fuel Green (NASDAQ:HTOO) & LegalZoom.com (NASDAQ:LZ)

Fusion Fuel Green (NASDAQ:HTOO) and LegalZoom.com (NASDAQ:LZ) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Fusion Fuel Green has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LegalZoom.com has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

17.8% of Fusion Fuel Green shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of LegalZoom.com shares are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of Fusion Fuel Green shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of LegalZoom.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Fusion Fuel Green and LegalZoom.com, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fusion Fuel Green	1	0	0	0	1.00
LegalZoom.com	1	6	2	0	2.11

LegalZoom.com has a consensus target price of $10.83, indicating a potential upside of 4.47%. Given LegalZoom.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LegalZoom.com is more favorable than Fusion Fuel Green.

Profitability

This table compares Fusion Fuel Green and LegalZoom.com’s 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
LegalZoom.com	4.07%	20.36%	6.05%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Fusion Fuel Green and LegalZoom.com”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fusion Fuel Green	$1.74 million	2.17	-$14.92 million	($9.09)	-0.53
LegalZoom.com	$681.88 million	2.74	$29.96 million	$0.16	64.81

LegalZoom.com has higher revenue and earnings than Fusion Fuel Green. Fusion Fuel Green is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LegalZoom.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

LegalZoom.com beats Fusion Fuel Green on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About LegalZoom.com

LegalZoom.com, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates an online platform that supports the legal, compliance, and business management needs of small businesses and consumers in the United States. The company’s platform offers business formation products, such as limited liability company, incorporation of C and S corporations, nonprofit formations, doing-business-as, corporate changes and filings, business licenses, legal forms, and beneficial ownership information reports; intellectual property products consisting of trademark and patent applications, and copyright registrations; and tax services, including business and personal tax preparations. It also provides consumer, estate planning, and other services comprising last will and testament, living will, living trust, power of attorney, and name change. In addition, the company offers subscriptions services, including registered agent, compliance, attorney advice, tax advice and preparation, eSignature, virtual mail and check deposit services, trademark monitoring, and estate planning bundle. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.