Head-To-Head Review: UQM Technologies (UQM) vs. Hydrogenics Corporation (HYGS)

UQM Technologies (NYSE: UQM) and Hydrogenics Corporation (NASDAQ:HYGS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for UQM Technologies and Hydrogenics Corporation, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UQM Technologies	0	0	1	0	3.00
Hydrogenics Corporation	0	1	3	0	2.75

UQM Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 147.52%. Hydrogenics Corporation has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.05%. Given UQM Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe UQM Technologies is more favorable than Hydrogenics Corporation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares UQM Technologies and Hydrogenics Corporation’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UQM Technologies	$5.36 million	7.33	-$16.36 million	N/A	N/A
Hydrogenics Corporation	$31.79 million	3.52	-$9.14 million	($0.98)	-7.50

Hydrogenics Corporation has higher revenue and earnings than UQM Technologies.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

18.3% of Hydrogenics Corporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.1% of Hydrogenics Corporation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares UQM Technologies and Hydrogenics Corporation’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UQM Technologies	-75.36%	-79.21%	-48.50%
Hydrogenics Corporation	-39.04%	-88.76%	-21.38%

Summary

Hydrogenics Corporation beats UQM Technologies on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

UQM Technologies Company Profile

UQM Technologies, Inc., (UQM) develops, manufactures and sells electric motors, generators, power electronic controllers and fuel cell compressors for the commercial truck, bus, automotive, marine, military and industrial markets. The Company’s focus is incorporating its technology as propulsion systems for electric, hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric vehicles, delivering the heart of the electric vehicle. UQM’s principal products include propulsion motors and generators with power ratings from 50 kilowatts to 250 kilowatts, auxiliary motors and electronic controls and direct current (DC)-to-DC converters. The Company has developed two basic frame size propulsion systems: the PowerPhase Pro for passenger car, light commercial applications, light duty marine and other lighter duty applications, and the PowerPhase HD lineup of products for heavier commercial bus and truck applications and heavier duty marine and other applications.

Hydrogenics Corporation Company Profile

Hydrogenics Corp is a Canada-based firm, which designs and manufactures hydrogen generation products based on water electrolysis technology, and fuel cell products based on proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology. The Company’s segments are Onsite Generation and Power Systems. The OnSite Generation segment is based in Oevel, Belgium and develops products for industrial gas, hydrogen fueling and renewable energy storage markets. The Power business segment is based in Mississauga, Canada, with a satellite facility in Gladbeck, Germany. The Company’s products include HySTAT hydrogen generation equipment and HyPM fuel cell products. It has facilities in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Oevel-Westerlo, Belgium, and Gladbeck, Germany. It also has sales and service offices in Eastern Europe and North America. The Company has operations in Belgium, Canada and Germany with satellite offices in the United States and branch offices in Russia and Indonesia. Its products are sold around the world.