NET Power (NPWR) and Its Rivals Head to Head Comparison

NET Power (NYSE:NPWR) is one of 21 public companies in the “Electrical industrial apparatus” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare NET Power to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

53.6% of NET Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of shares of all “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of NET Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of shares of all “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares NET Power and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NET Power	$250,000.00	-$77.23 million	-4.02
NET Power Competitors	$534.72 million	-$136.01 million	-1.96

NET Power’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than NET Power. NET Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for NET Power and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NET Power	0	1	1	1	3.00
NET Power Competitors	92	598	839	35	2.52

NET Power presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 66.98%. As a group, “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies have a potential upside of 17.46%. Given NET Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NET Power is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares NET Power and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NET Power	N/A	6.23%	1.91%
NET Power Competitors	-211.08%	-93.75%	-17.25%

Volatility and Risk

NET Power has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NET Power’s rivals have a beta of 1.46, indicating that their average share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NET Power beats its rivals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

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.