GeoPetro Resources (OTCMKTS:GEOR) & New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) Head-To-Head Review

GeoPetro Resources (OTCMKTS:GEOR) and New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

58.6% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of GeoPetro Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares GeoPetro Resources and New Fortress Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GeoPetro Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A
New Fortress Energy	-24.33%	-13.50%	-1.99%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for GeoPetro Resources and New Fortress Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GeoPetro Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00
New Fortress Energy	0	5	3	0	2.38

New Fortress Energy has a consensus target price of $7.88, indicating a potential upside of 235.11%. Given New Fortress Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Fortress Energy is more favorable than GeoPetro Resources.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares GeoPetro Resources and New Fortress Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GeoPetro Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
New Fortress Energy	$2.36 billion	0.27	-$249.04 million	($2.25)	-1.04

GeoPetro Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than New Fortress Energy.

Summary

New Fortress Energy beats GeoPetro Resources on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GeoPetro Resources

GeoPetro Resources Co. is an independent oil and natural gas company, which engages in exploration, development, drilling and production of oil and gas properties. It holds interest in Madisonville, Lokern and Cook Inlet projects. The company was founded by Stuart J. Doshi in August 1994 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

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.