Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR) vs. JNS (OTCMKTS:JNSH) Financial Survey

JNS (OTCMKTS:JNSH) and Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares JNS and Ideal Power”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JNS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ideal Power	$43,136.00	742.86	-$10.42 million	($1.24)	-3.04

JNS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ideal Power.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

16.4% of Ideal Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ideal Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares JNS and Ideal Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JNS	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ideal Power	-58,031.58%	-66.48%	-58.83%

Risk and Volatility

JNS has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ideal Power has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for JNS and Ideal Power, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JNS	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ideal Power	1	0	1	0	2.00

Ideal Power has a consensus target price of $10.75, indicating a potential upside of 185.52%. Given Ideal Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ideal Power is more favorable than JNS.

Summary

Ideal Power beats JNS on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About JNS

JNS Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an electrical design build construction services contractor in the United States. The company is based in Wheeling, Illinois.

About Ideal Power

Ideal Power Inc. focuses on the development and commercialization of its bidirectional bipolar junction TRANsistor solid-state switch technology. It also offers SymCool Power Module designed to meet low conduction loss needs of the solid-state circuit breaker market. The company serves electric and hybrid electric vehicles, electric vehicle charging, renewable energy and energy storage system power converters, uninterruptible power supplies for data centers, industrial motor drives, solid-state circuit breakers, distribution and transmission switches and controls, and other industrial and military markets. The company was formerly known as Ideal Power Converters Inc. and changed its name to Ideal Power Inc. in July 2013. Ideal Power Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.