BE vs. NPWR, CEIX, AY, USAC, RUN, NS, OII, KGS, ARCH, and TGS
Should you be buying Bloom Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloom Energy include NET Power (NPWR), CONSOL Energy (CEIX), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Sunrun (RUN), NuStar Energy (NS), Oceaneering International (OII), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), Arch Resources (ARCH), and Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and NET Power (NYSE:NPWR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Bloom Energy had 8 more articles in the media than NET Power. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Bloom Energy and 10 mentions for NET Power. Bloom Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat NET Power's score of 0.24 indicating that Bloom Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NET Power has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Bloom Energy's net margin of -22.27%. Bloom Energy's return on equity of -19.32% beat NET Power's return on equity.
NET Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bloom Energy.
Bloom Energy has a beta of 2.77, indicating that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NET Power has a beta of -0.07, indicating that its stock price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bloom Energy presently has a consensus target price of $15.74, indicating a potential upside of 27.62%. NET Power has a consensus target price of $21.33, indicating a potential upside of 85.35%. Given NET Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NET Power is more favorable than Bloom Energy.
77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of NET Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.8% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of NET Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bloom Energy received 246 more outperform votes than NET Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.93% of users gave Bloom Energy an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave NET Power an outperform vote.
Summary
Bloom Energy beats NET Power on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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