Hawaiian Electric Industries (NYSE:HE – Get Free Report) and Nano Nuclear Energy (NASDAQ:NNE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Hawaiian Electric Industries and Nano Nuclear Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Hawaiian Electric Industries | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Nano Nuclear Energy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Hawaiian Electric Industries presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.52%. Nano Nuclear Energy has a consensus price target of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 114.97%. Given Nano Nuclear Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nano Nuclear Energy is more favorable than Hawaiian Electric Industries.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Hawaiian Electric Industries | -35.38% | 11.12% | 1.19% |
| Nano Nuclear Energy | N/A | -26.37% | -24.57% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
59.9% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Hawaiian Electric Industries and Nano Nuclear Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Hawaiian Electric Industries | $3.22 billion | 0.61 | $201.13 million | ($12.67) | -0.91 |
| Nano Nuclear Energy | N/A | N/A | -$10.15 million | ($0.41) | -65.80 |
Hawaiian Electric Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Nano Nuclear Energy. Nano Nuclear Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawaiian Electric Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hawaiian Electric Industries beats Nano Nuclear Energy on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Hawaiian Electric Industries
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the electric utility businesses in the United States. It operates in three segments: Electric Utility, Bank, and Other. The Electric Utility segment engages in the production, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in the islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, and Molokai. Its renewable energy sources and potential sources include wind, solar, photovoltaic, geothermal, wave, hydroelectric, municipal waste, and other biofuels. This segment serves suburban communities, resorts, the United States Armed Forces installations, and agricultural operations. The Bank segment operates a federally chartered savings bank that offers banking and other financial services to consumers and businesses, including savings and checking accounts; and loans comprising residential and commercial real estate, residential mortgage, construction and development, multifamily residential and commercial real estate, consumer, and commercial loans. The Other segment invests in non-regulated renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure in the State of Hawaii. Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.
About Nano Nuclear Energy
NANO Nuclear Energy, Inc. is a microreactor and nuclear technology company, which provides supply energy services. Its products in technical development are ZEUS, a solid core battery reactor, and ODIN, a low-pressure coolant reactor. The company is founded by Jiang Yu in February, 2022 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
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