NPWR vs. PLUG, HOLI, THR, EAF, FCEL, HYZN, ENCP, HTOO, WWD, and BE
Should you be buying NET Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NET Power include Plug Power (PLUG), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Thermon Group (THR), GrafTech International (EAF), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), Hyzon Motors (HYZN), Energem (ENCP), Fusion Fuel Green (HTOO), Woodward (WWD), and Bloom Energy (BE). These companies are all part of the "electrical industrial apparatus" industry.
NET Power (NYSE:NPWR) and Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
NET Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plug Power.
Plug Power received 746 more outperform votes than NET Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.37% of users gave Plug Power an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave NET Power an outperform vote.
NET Power has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Plug Power's net margin of -181.96%. NET Power's return on equity of -21.74% beat Plug Power's return on equity.
53.6% of NET Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of Plug Power shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of NET Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Plug Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NET Power presently has a consensus target price of $21.33, suggesting a potential upside of 102.98%. Plug Power has a consensus target price of $5.49, suggesting a potential upside of 64.82%. Given NET Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NET Power is more favorable than Plug Power.
In the previous week, Plug Power had 19 more articles in the media than NET Power. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Plug Power and 3 mentions for NET Power. Plug Power's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat NET Power's score of 0.37 indicating that Plug Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NET Power has a beta of -0.07, indicating that its stock price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plug Power has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NET Power beats Plug Power on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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