Contrasting NET Power (NPWR) & Its Peers

NET Power (NYSE:NPWR) is one of 21 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical industrial apparatus” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare NET Power to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.

Profitability

This table compares NET Power and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NET Power	N/A	6.23%	1.91%
NET Power Competitors	-211.08%	-93.75%	-17.25%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for NET Power and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NET Power	0	1	1	1	3.00
NET Power Competitors	96	606	846	36	2.52

NET Power presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 127.85%. As a group, “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies have a potential upside of 26.95%. Given NET Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NET Power is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

53.6% of NET Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of shares of all “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of NET Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of shares of all “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

NET Power has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NET Power’s competitors have a beta of 1.42, meaning that their average stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares NET Power and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NET Power	$250,000.00	-$77.23 million	-2.95
NET Power Competitors	$534.72 million	-$136.01 million	-0.84

NET Power’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than NET Power. NET Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

NET Power beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About NET Power

NET Power Inc. operates as a clean energy technology company. The company invents, develops, and licenses clean power generation technology. NET Power Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.