New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE – Get Free Report) and OMV (OTCMKTS:OMVKY – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares New Fortress Energy and OMV”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| New Fortress Energy | $2.36 billion | 0.26 | -$249.04 million | ($2.25) | -1.00 |
| OMV | $36.77 billion | 0.50 | $1.57 billion | $3.09 | 4.54 |
Volatility & Risk
New Fortress Energy has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OMV has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for New Fortress Energy and OMV, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| New Fortress Energy | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2.38 |
| OMV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
New Fortress Energy presently has a consensus price target of $7.8750, indicating a potential upside of 250.00%. Given New Fortress Energy’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe New Fortress Energy is more favorable than OMV.
Profitability
This table compares New Fortress Energy and OMV’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| New Fortress Energy | -24.33% | -13.50% | -1.99% |
| OMV | 3.12% | 7.02% | 3.52% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
58.6% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
OMV beats New Fortress Energy on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About New Fortress Energy
New Fortress Energy Inc. operates as an integrated gas-to-power energy infrastructure company that provides energy and development services to end-users worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Terminals and Infrastructure, and Ships. The Terminals and Infrastructure segment engages in the natural gas procurement and liquefaction; and shipping, logistics, facilities and conversion, or development of natural gas-fired power generation. The Ships segment offers floating storage and regasification units (FRSU) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers which are leased to customers under long-term or spot arrangements. The company operates LNG storage and regasification facility at the Port of Montego Bay, Jamaica; marine LNG storage and regasification facility in Old Harbour, Jamaica; Dual-fired combined heat and power facility in Clarendon, Jamaica; landed micro-fuel handling facility in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and LNG receiving facility and gas-fired power plant in Baja Califrnia Sur, Mexico, as well as a Miami facility. New Fortress Energy Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in New York, New York.
About OMV
OMV Aktiengesellschaft operates as an energy and chemicals company in Austria, Germany, Romania, Norway, Belgium, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, the rest of Central and Eastern Europe, the rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Chemicals & Materials, Fuels & Feedstock, and Energy. The company engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas in the regions of Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the North Sea, and the Asia Pacific; and refining and marketing of fuels and feedstock, as well as supply, marketing, trading, and logistics of gas in Romania and Turkey. In addition, the company provides advanced and circular polyolefin solutions, and base chemicals, as well as engages in the recycling of plastics. It has refineries in Europe, Schwechat, and Burghausen; filling stations in eight European countries; and gas storage facilities in Austria and Germany, as well as a gas-fired power plant in Romania. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
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