Reviewing Nano Nuclear Energy (NASDAQ:NNE) and GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV)

Nano Nuclear Energy (NASDAQ:NNE) and GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Nano Nuclear Energy and GE Vernova, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nano Nuclear Energy	1	1	3	1	2.67
GE Vernova	2	6	18	3	2.76

Nano Nuclear Energy presently has a consensus target price of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.98%. GE Vernova has a consensus target price of $701.42, suggesting a potential upside of 1.38%. Given Nano Nuclear Energy’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nano Nuclear Energy is more favorable than GE Vernova.

Volatility & Risk

Nano Nuclear Energy has a beta of 7.48, indicating that its stock price is 648% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GE Vernova has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Nano Nuclear Energy and GE Vernova”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nano Nuclear Energy	N/A	N/A	-$40.07 million	($1.04)	-33.73
GE Vernova	$37.67 billion	4.98	$1.55 billion	$6.14	112.69

GE Vernova has higher revenue and earnings than Nano Nuclear Energy. Nano Nuclear Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE Vernova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Nano Nuclear Energy and GE Vernova’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nano Nuclear Energy	N/A	-22.50%	-21.82%
GE Vernova	4.52%	17.07%	3.24%

Summary

GE Vernova beats Nano Nuclear Energy on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About GE Vernova

GE Vernova LLC, an energy business company, generates electricity. It operates under three segments: Power, Wind, and Electrification. The Power segments generates and sells electricity through hydro, gas, nuclear, and steam power. Wind segment engages in the manufacturing and sale of wind turbine blades; and Electrification segment provides grid solutions, power conversion, solar, and storage solutions. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.