NET Power (NPWR) & Its Competitors Critical Comparison

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

Risk and Volatility

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

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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares NET Power and its rivals’ 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 recommendations and price targets for NET Power and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NET Power	0	1	1	1	3.00
NET Power Competitors	96	607	847	36	2.52

NET Power currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 128.43%. As a group, “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies have a potential upside of 27.86%. Given NET Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe NET Power is more favorable than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares NET Power and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NET Power	$250,000.00	-$77.23 million	-2.94
NET Power Competitors	$534.72 million	-$136.01 million	-0.75

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

Summary

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

NET Power Company Profile

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.