Analyzing GeoPetro Resources (OTCMKTS:GEOR) & New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE)

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

	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 price target of $7.88, suggesting a potential upside of 230.19%. Given New Fortress Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe New Fortress Energy is more favorable than GeoPetro Resources.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GeoPetro Resources and New Fortress Energy”s 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	0.28	-$249.04 million	($2.25)	-1.06

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

58.6% of New Fortress Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.6% of GeoPetro Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of New Fortress Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

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.