Head to Head Survey: Hoku (OTCMKTS:HOKUQ) & Microvast (NASDAQ:MVST)

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

Volatility & Risk

Microvast has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hoku has a beta of -15, meaning that its share price is 1,600% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Microvast and Hoku, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Microvast	0	1	3	0	2.75
Hoku	0	0	0	0	N/A

Microvast currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 1,296.21%.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Microvast	$349.72 million	0.29	-$106.34 million	($0.32)	-1.01
Hoku	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Hoku has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Microvast.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Microvast	-44.02%	-28.29%	-14.73%
Hoku	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

20.7% of Microvast shares are held by institutional investors. 31.3% of Microvast shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Hoku shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Microvast beats Hoku on 5 of the 8 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 Hoku

Hoku Corporation operates as a solar energy products and services company primarily in the United States. It focuses on manufacturing polysilicon, a primary material used in the manufacture of photovoltaic (PV) modules; and designing, engineering, and installing turnkey PV systems and related services in Hawaii using solar modules purchased from third-party suppliers. The company was formerly known as Hoku Scientific, Inc. and changed its name to Hoku Corporation in March 2010. Hoku Corporation was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. On July 2, 2013, Hoku Corporation along with its affiliates filed a voluntary petition for liquidation under Chapter 7 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Idaho.