Analyzing Smart Powerr (CREG) & Its Competitors

Smart Powerr (NASDAQ:CREG – Get Rating) is one of 187 public companies in the “Business services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Smart Powerr to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and earnings.

Volatility & Risk

Smart Powerr has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart Powerr’s peers have a beta of 0.97, meaning that their average share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Smart Powerr and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smart Powerr	N/A	-3.82%	-3.12%
Smart Powerr Competitors	-40.60%	-9,157.70%	-4.69%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.2% of Smart Powerr shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of Smart Powerr shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Smart Powerr and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Smart Powerr	N/A	-$12.23 million	-0.91
Smart Powerr Competitors	$3.88 billion	$397.45 million	-29,966.97

Smart Powerr’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Smart Powerr. Smart Powerr is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Smart Powerr and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smart Powerr	0	0	0	0	N/A
Smart Powerr Competitors	731	4583	9884	248	2.62

As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 15.75%. Given Smart Powerr’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Smart Powerr has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Smart Powerr beats its peers on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

Smart Powerr Company Profile

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Smart Powerr Corp. engages in the provision of energy savings and recycling products and services. It offers waste energy recycling projects for industrial applications and develops a Build-Operate-Transfer model to provide energy saving and recovery facilities for multiple energy intensive industries in China. The company was founded by Guo Hua Ku on May 8, 1980 and is headquartered in Xi’an, China.