Comparing Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) and NET Power (NYSE:NPWR)

Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) and NET Power (NYSE:NPWR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of NET Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of NET Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Fluence Energy and NET Power, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fluence Energy	4	11	7	1	2.22
NET Power	1	1	1	0	2.00

Fluence Energy presently has a consensus target price of $19.53, suggesting a potential upside of 45.29%. NET Power has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 147.18%. Given NET Power’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NET Power is more favorable than Fluence Energy.

Profitability

This table compares Fluence Energy and NET Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fluence Energy	-1.62%	-8.29%	-1.85%
NET Power	N/A	133.74%	43.90%

Risk and Volatility

Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.75, meaning that its share price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NET Power has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Fluence Energy and NET Power”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fluence Energy	$2.26 billion	1.09	-$48.31 million	($0.36)	-37.33
NET Power	$250,000.00	1,271.11	-$578.63 million	($5.89)	-0.24

Fluence Energy has higher revenue and earnings than NET Power. Fluence Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NET Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

NET Power beats Fluence Energy 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 NET Power

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.