Financial Comparison: Chavant Capital Acquisition (NASDAQ:CLAY) vs. Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR)

Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR) and Chavant Capital Acquisition (NASDAQ:CLAY) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ideal Power and Chavant Capital Acquisition’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ideal Power	$200,000.00	308.88	-$7.19 million	($1.37)	-7.59
Chavant Capital Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$780,000.00	N/A	N/A

Chavant Capital Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ideal Power.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Ideal Power and Chavant Capital Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ideal Power	0	0	1	0	3.00
Chavant Capital Acquisition	0	0	0	0	N/A

Ideal Power currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 73.08%. Given Ideal Power’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ideal Power is more favorable than Chavant Capital Acquisition.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

18.4% of Ideal Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.4% of Chavant Capital Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ideal Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.7% of Chavant Capital Acquisition shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ideal Power	-5,123.78%	-49.52%	-44.93%
Chavant Capital Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-20.72%

Summary

Chavant Capital Acquisition beats Ideal Power on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ideal Power

Ideal Power Inc. focuses on the development and commercialization of its bidirectional bipolar junction TRANsistor solid-state switch technology. The company offers SymCool Power Module designed to meet low conduction loss needs of the solid-state circuit breaker market. It 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.

About Chavant Capital Acquisition

Chavant Capital Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. The company intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Chavant Capital Acquisition Corp. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in New York, New York. Chavant Capital Acquisition Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Chavant Capital Partners LLC.