NPWR vs. BE, PLUG, HOLI, THR, BLDP, FCEL, EAF, HYZN, ENCP, and HTOO
Should you be buying NET Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NET Power include Bloom Energy (BE), Plug Power (PLUG), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Thermon Group (THR), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), GrafTech International (EAF), Hyzon Motors (HYZN), Energem (ENCP), and Fusion Fuel Green (HTOO). These companies are all part of the "electrical industrial apparatus" industry.
Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and NET Power (NYSE:NPWR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
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, 2.7% of NET Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bloom Energy received 248 more outperform votes than NET Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.98% of users gave Bloom Energy an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave NET Power an outperform vote.
NET Power has a net margin of 0.00% compared to NET Power's net margin of -22.27%. NET Power's return on equity of -19.32% beat Bloom Energy's return on equity.
Bloom Energy has a beta of 2.83, suggesting that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NET Power has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bloom Energy had 6 more articles in the media than NET Power. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bloom Energy and 0 mentions for NET Power. NET Power's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Bloom Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Bloom Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bloom Energy presently has a consensus price target of $15.64, indicating a potential upside of 1.88%. NET Power has a consensus price target of $21.33, indicating a potential upside of 121.07%. Given Bloom Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NET Power is more favorable than Bloom Energy.
NET Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bloom Energy.
Summary
Bloom Energy beats NET Power on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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