Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC – Get Free Report) and NextNRG (NASDAQ:NXXT – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Volatility and Risk
Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.76, suggesting that its share price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextNRG has a beta of -0.58, suggesting that its share price is 158% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of NextNRG shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 81.7% of NextNRG shares are held by 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.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Fluence Energy | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 |
| NextNRG | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.50 |
Fluence Energy presently has a consensus target price of $9.33, indicating a potential downside of 49.13%. NextNRG has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 141.23%. Given NextNRG’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NextNRG is more favorable than Fluence Energy.
Profitability
This table compares Fluence Energy and NextNRG’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Fluence Energy | -0.76% | -3.42% | -0.87% |
| NextNRG | -106.12% | N/A | -304.49% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Fluence Energy and NextNRG”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Fluence Energy | $2.70 billion | 1.24 | $22.72 million | ($0.21) | -87.29 |
| NextNRG | $27.77 million | 10.31 | -$16.19 million | ($6.67) | -0.34 |
Fluence Energy has higher revenue and earnings than NextNRG. Fluence Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NextNRG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fluence Energy beats NextNRG on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Fluence Energy
Fluence Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers energy storage products and solution, services, and artificial intelligence enabled software-as-a-service products for renewables and storage applications in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company sells energy storage products with integrated hardware, software, and digital intelligence. Its energy storage products include Gridstack Pro, a large-scale front-of-the-meter application; Gridstack, a front-of-the-meter application; Sunstack, a DC-coupled energy storage product for DC-coupled solar + storage projects; Edgestack, for smaller-scale commercial and industrial use cases; and Ultrastack, for critical system requirements of distribution and transmission networks. The company also provides engineering and delivery services to support the deployment of its storage products; operational and maintenance services; and digital applications. It serves independent power producers, developer, utilities, and other generators. Fluence Energy, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Fluence Energy, Inc. is a joint venture of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft and The AES Corporation.
About NextNRG
NextNRG, Inc. engages in the provision of fuel delivery services. It provides app-based interface customers with the ability to select the time and location of their fueling. It offers diesel, red diesel, and REC-90. The company was founded by Yehuda Levy and Michael D. Farkas on March 28, 2019 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.
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