Nano Labs (NASDAQ:NA) and Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) Critical Analysis

Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) and Nano Labs (NASDAQ:NA) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Beam Global and Nano Labs”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beam Global	$67.35 million	0.71	-$16.06 million	($0.97)	-3.34
Nano Labs	$11.06 million	3.76	-$35.70 million	N/A	N/A

Beam Global has higher revenue and earnings than Nano Labs.

Volatility & Risk

Beam Global has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nano Labs has a beta of 2.66, indicating that its stock price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Beam Global and Nano Labs, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beam Global	0	1	3	0	2.75
Nano Labs	0	0	0	0	0.00

Beam Global presently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 177.78%. Given Beam Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Beam Global is more favorable than Nano Labs.

Profitability

This table compares Beam Global and Nano Labs’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beam Global	-19.26%	-19.09%	-12.16%
Nano Labs	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

26.6% of Beam Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.7% of Nano Labs shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Beam Global shares are held by 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.

About Beam Global

Beam Global, a clean-technology innovation company, engages in the design, development, engineering, manufacture, and sale of renewably energized infrastructure products and battery solutions. Its product portfolio includes EV ARC (electric vehicle autonomous renewable charger), an infrastructure product that uses integrated solar power and battery storage to provide a mounting asset and a source of power for factory installed electric vehicle charging stations; Solar Tree DCFC, an off-grid, renewably energized, and single-column mounted smart generation and energy storage system to provide a 150kW DC fast charge to one or more electric vehicles, such as electric buses, heavy-duty vehicles, agricultural equipment, public transportation, and electric vehicles used in the construction industry; and EV ARC DCFC, a DC fast charging system for charging EVs. The company is also involved in the development of EV-Standard, a lamp standard, EV charging, and emergency power product that uses an existing streetlamp's foundation and a combination of solar, wind, grid connection, and onboard energy storage to provide curbside charging; and UAV ARC, an off-grid and renewably energized product and network used to charge aerial drone (UAV) fleets. It offers its solutions for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, energy storage, energy security, disaster preparedness, street lighting, telecommunications, energy infrastructure, and outdoor media and branding industries. The company was formerly known as Envision Solar International, Inc. and changed its name to Beam Global in September 2020. Beam Global was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

About Nano Labs

Nano Labs Ltd operates as a fabless integrated circuit design company and product solution provider in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It develops high throughput computing and high-performance computing chips. The company also offers distributed computing and storage solutions, smart network interface cards, and vision computing chips, as well as distributed rendering technology. In addition, it engages in the research and development of software. Its customers include enterprises and individual buyers. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.