Analyzing Microvast (NASDAQ:MVST) & Gauzy (NASDAQ:GAUZ)

Microvast (NASDAQ:MVST) and Gauzy (NASDAQ:GAUZ) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

20.7% of Microvast shares are held by institutional investors. 29.8% of Microvast shares are held by company 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Microvast and Gauzy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Microvast	0	1	2	0	2.67
Gauzy	0	0	4	0	3.00

Microvast currently has a consensus price target of $3.33, indicating a potential upside of 76.37%. Gauzy has a consensus price target of $16.25, indicating a potential upside of 48.13%. Given Microvast’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Microvast is more favorable than Gauzy.

Profitability

This table compares Microvast and Gauzy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Microvast	-30.88%	-22.10%	-11.19%
Gauzy	-66.25%	N/A	-34.21%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Microvast and Gauzy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Microvast	$306.62 million	2.00	-$106.34 million	($0.38)	-4.97
Gauzy	$77.98 million	2.68	-$79.27 million	N/A	N/A

Gauzy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Microvast.

Summary

Microvast beats Gauzy on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Microvast

Microvast Holdings, Inc. provides battery technologies for electric vehicles and energy storage solutions. The company offers a range of cell chemistries, such as lithium titanate oxide, lithium iron phosphate, and nickel manganese cobalt version 1 and 2. It also designs, develops, and manufactures battery components, such as cathode, anode, electrolyte, and separator. In addition, the company offers battery solutions for commercial vehicles and energy storage systems. Its commercial vehicle markets cover buses, trains, mining trucks, marine and port vehicles, and automated guided and specialty vehicles, as well as light, medium, heavy-duty trucks. It operates China, rest of the Asia Pacific, Europe, and the United States. Microvast Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Stafford, Texas.

About Gauzy

Gauzy Ltd. is a fully-integrated light and vision control company which focused on the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of vision and light control technologies. It operates principally in Germany, France, the United States, Canada, China, Singapore and Dubai. Gauzy Ltd. is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.