Siemens Energy (OTCMKTS:SMNEY – Get Free Report) and NET Power (NYSE:NPWR – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Siemens Energy and NET Power”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Siemens Energy | $43.21 billion | 3.48 | $1.56 billion | $1.77 | 99.23 |
| NET Power | $250,000.00 | 1,897.08 | -$49.19 million | ($7.65) | -0.28 |
Profitability
This table compares Siemens Energy and NET Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Siemens Energy | 4.75% | 18.48% | 3.50% |
| NET Power | N/A | 53.08% | 16.63% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
53.6% of NET Power shares are held by institutional investors. 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Siemens Energy has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NET Power has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Siemens Energy and NET Power, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Siemens Energy | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2.92 |
| NET Power | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
NET Power has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 63.93%. Given NET Power’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NET Power is more favorable than Siemens Energy.
Summary
Siemens Energy beats NET Power on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Siemens Energy
Siemens Energy AG operates as an energy technology company worldwide. It operates through Gas Services, Grid Technologies, Transformation of Industry, and Siemens Gamesa segments. The company provides gas and steam turbines, generators, and heat pumps, as well as performance enhancement, maintenance, customer training, and professional consulting services for central and distributed power generation; and high voltage direct current transmission systems, offshore windfarm grid connections, transformers, flexible alternating current transmission systems, high voltage substations, air and gas-insulated switchgears, digital grid solutions and components, and storage solutions. It also offers electrolyzers, industrial steam turbines, industrial generators, turbo and reciprocating compressors, compressor trains, and other systems and solutions; onshore and onshore wind turbines; design, engineering, manufacturing, and installation solutions for onshore markets; offshore wind turbine equipment design, manufacturing, and installation solutions; and operation and maintenance services for wind farms. The company serves utilities, independent power producers, project developers, oil and gas, transmission and distribution system operators, and industrial and infrastructure customers. Siemens Energy AG was founded in 1866 and is based in Munich, Germany.
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.
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