Spire (NYSE:SR) vs. Brooge Energy (NASDAQ:BROG) Head-To-Head Survey

Spire (NYSE:SR) and Brooge Energy (NASDAQ:BROG) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Spire has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brooge Energy has a beta of -0.12, meaning that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Spire and Brooge Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Spire	$2.43 billion	1.84	$250.90 million	$4.06	18.62
Brooge Energy	$81.54 million	2.74	$27.23 million	N/A	N/A

Spire has higher revenue and earnings than Brooge Energy.

Profitability

This table compares Spire and Brooge Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spire	10.22%	8.49%	2.39%
Brooge Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Spire and Brooge Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spire	1	5	3	1	2.40
Brooge Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00

Spire presently has a consensus target price of $77.40, suggesting a potential upside of 2.38%. Given Spire’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Spire is more favorable than Brooge Energy.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

87.4% of Spire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.5% of Brooge Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Spire shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 85.6% of Brooge Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Spire beats Brooge Energy on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Spire

Spire Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the purchase, retail distribution, and sale of natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and other end-users of natural gas in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Gas Utility, Gas Marketing, and Midstream. It is also involved in the marketing of natural gas and related services; and transportation and storage of natural gas. In addition, the company engages in the operation of propane through its propane pipeline, risk management, and other activities. The company was formerly known as The Laclede Group, Inc. and changed its name to Spire Inc. in April 2016. Spire Inc. was founded in 1857 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

About Brooge Energy

Brooge Energy Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides oil storage and related services at the Port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It operates phase I and phase II facilities comprising 22 tanks with a capacity of approximately 1,001,388 cubic meters for offering storage, heating, and blending of fuel oil and clean petroleum products, including aviation fuel, gas oil, gasoline, marine gas oil, and naphtha. The company was formerly known as Brooge Holdings Limited and changed its name to Brooge Energy Limited in April 2020. Brooge Energy Limited was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.