ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT – Get Free Report) and American Superconductor (NASDAQ:AMSC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
37.8% of ChargePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of American Superconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of ChargePoint shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of American Superconductor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for ChargePoint and American Superconductor, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ChargePoint | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.73 |
| American Superconductor | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.80 |
Risk and Volatility
ChargePoint has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Superconductor has a beta of 3.26, meaning that its share price is 226% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares ChargePoint and American Superconductor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ChargePoint | -40.59% | -3,366.29% | -15.95% |
| American Superconductor | 42.56% | 27.41% | 20.63% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares ChargePoint and American Superconductor”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| ChargePoint | $411.22 million | 0.53 | -$220.20 million | ($7.18) | -1.25 |
| American Superconductor | $299.15 million | 4.75 | $133.81 million | $3.03 | 9.67 |
American Superconductor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ChargePoint. ChargePoint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Superconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
American Superconductor beats ChargePoint on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About ChargePoint
ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides electric vehicle (EV) charging networks and charging solutions in the North America and Europe. The company serves commercial, such as retail, workplace, hospitality, parking, recreation, municipal, education, and highway fast charge; fleet, which include delivery, take home, logistics, motor pool, transit, and shared mobility; and residential including single family homes and multi-family apartments and condominiums customers. ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California.
About American Superconductor
American Superconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides megawatt-scale power resiliency solutions worldwide. The company operates through Grid and Wind segments. The Grid segment offers products and services that enable electric utilities, industrial facilities, and renewable energy project developers to connect, transmit, and distribute power under the Gridtec Solutions brand. It provides transmission planning services, which identify power grid congestion, poor power quality, and other risks; grid interconnection solutions for wind farms and solar power plants, power quality systems, and transmission and distribution cable systems; D-VAR systems used for controlling power flow and voltage in the AC transmission system; actiVAR system, a fast-switching medium-voltage reactive compensation solution; armorVAR system installed for reactive compensation, power factor correction, loss reduction, utility bill savings, and mitigation of common power quality concerns related to power converter-based generation and load devices; and D-VAR volt var optimization (VVO) that serves the distribution power grid market. This segment also offers ship protection systems, which reduce a naval ship’s magnetic signature; and ON board power delivery systems, power generation systems, and propulsion systems; and transformers and rectifiers systems. The Wind segment designs wind turbine systems and licenses these designs to third parties under the Windtec Solutions brand. It also supplies power electronics and software-based control systems, engineered designs, and support services; and provides customer support services to wind turbine manufacturers. This segment’s design portfolio comprises a range of drivetrains and power ratings of 2 megawatts and higher. American Superconductor Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Ayer, Massachusetts.
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