Contrasting Maxeon Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:MAXN) and Nano Labs (NASDAQ:NA)

Nano Labs (NASDAQ:NA) and Maxeon Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:MAXN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

Nano Labs has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maxeon Solar Technologies has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

50.7% of Nano Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.7% of Maxeon Solar Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Nano Labs and Maxeon Solar Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nano Labs	N/A	N/A	N/A
Maxeon Solar Technologies	-43.85%	-1,598.11%	-37.15%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Nano Labs and Maxeon Solar Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nano Labs	$11.06 million	2.01	-$35.70 million	N/A	N/A
Maxeon Solar Technologies	$828.08 million	0.01	-$275.83 million	($774.00)	-0.01

Nano Labs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Maxeon Solar Technologies.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Nano Labs and Maxeon Solar Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nano Labs	0	0	0	0	0.00
Maxeon Solar Technologies	5	3	0	0	1.38

Maxeon Solar Technologies has a consensus price target of $26,072.00, indicating a potential upside of 300,615.11%. Given Maxeon Solar Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Maxeon Solar Technologies is more favorable than Nano Labs.

Summary

Nano Labs beats Maxeon Solar Technologies on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Maxeon Solar Technologies

Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. designs, manufactures, markets, and sells solar panels and related solar system components worldwide. The company provides interdigitated back contact and shingled solar cells and panels under the SunPower brand. It offers its products to dealers, project developers, system integrators, distributors, resellers, and residential and small-scale commercial customers. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.