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NFE vs. NEXT, KGS, EE, ENLT, RNW, USAC, KEN, CTRI, CEPU, and NNE

Should you be buying New Fortress Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Fortress Energy include NextDecade (NEXT), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), Excelerate Energy (EE), Enlight Renewable Energy (ENLT), ReNew Energy Global (RNW), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Kenon (KEN), Centuri (CTRI), Central Puerto (CEPU), and Nano Nuclear Energy (NNE). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

New Fortress Energy vs. Its Competitors

NextDecade (NASDAQ:NEXT) and New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

NextDecade currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.28%. New Fortress Energy has a consensus price target of $8.43, suggesting a potential upside of 244.02%. Given New Fortress Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe New Fortress Energy is more favorable than NextDecade.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NextDecade
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25
New Fortress Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

NextDecade has a net margin of 0.00% compared to New Fortress Energy's net margin of -24.33%. New Fortress Energy's return on equity of -13.50% beat NextDecade's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NextDecadeN/A -26.59% -6.45%
New Fortress Energy -24.33%-13.50%-1.99%

In the previous week, NextDecade had 2 more articles in the media than New Fortress Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for NextDecade and 10 mentions for New Fortress Energy. New Fortress Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat NextDecade's score of 0.53 indicating that New Fortress Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NextDecade
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
New Fortress Energy
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

66.7% of NextDecade shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of NextDecade shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

NextDecade has higher earnings, but lower revenue than New Fortress Energy. NextDecade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Fortress Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NextDecadeN/AN/A-$61.75M-$0.78-13.41
New Fortress Energy$2.36B0.28-$249.04M-$2.25-1.09

NextDecade has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Fortress Energy has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NextDecade beats New Fortress Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NFE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NFE vs. The Competition

MetricNew Fortress EnergyOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$718.40M$68.57B$7.71B$9.69B
Dividend YieldN/A6.11%10.95%4.14%
P/E Ratio-1.09103.1076.5225.31
Price / Sales0.281.7023,775.55101.55
Price / Cash2.354.6335.9058.50
Price / Book0.331.024.156.01
Net Income-$249.04M$5.03B$4.26B$265.10M
7 Day Performance-17.79%-1.43%0.62%1.39%
1 Month Performance-40.96%-2.93%0.30%2.43%
1 Year Performance-81.30%-4.29%9.95%24.74%

New Fortress Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NFE
New Fortress Energy
2.9815 of 5 stars
$2.45
-6.5%
$8.43
+244.0%
-82.6%$718.40M$2.36B-1.09670Positive News
NEXT
NextDecade
3.349 of 5 stars
$11.20
+0.9%
$13.00
+16.1%
+114.8%$2.92BN/A-14.3660
KGS
Kodiak Gas Services
3.1101 of 5 stars
$31.70
+1.3%
$40.64
+28.2%
+18.2%$2.81B$1.27B59.821,300News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Buyback Announcement
High Trading Volume
EE
Excelerate Energy
3.7801 of 5 stars
$24.60
-3.8%
$32.29
+31.2%
+23.9%$2.80B$966.41M16.73900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
ENLT
Enlight Renewable Energy
1.1662 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.9%
$21.80
-10.1%
+50.0%$2.80B$418.16M25.01100Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
RNW
ReNew Energy Global
2.0888 of 5 stars
$7.59
-0.1%
$7.50
-1.2%
+27.9%$2.75B$1.14B47.443,988
USAC
USA Compression Partners
1.1346 of 5 stars
$23.22
+0.2%
$26.25
+13.0%
+13.6%$2.73B$966.41M34.15730Earnings Report
KEN
Kenon
1.8657 of 5 stars
$44.93
-4.0%
N/A+80.5%$2.34B$751.30M14.04230Positive News
High Trading Volume
CTRI
Centuri
0.9379 of 5 stars
$21.08
+0.2%
$22.00
+4.4%
+32.6%$1.87B$2.66B1,054.538,600Earnings Report
CEPU
Central Puerto
1.9718 of 5 stars
$11.99
-0.8%
$12.00
+0.1%
+38.8%$1.82B$810.70M21.801,324
NNE
Nano Nuclear Energy
2.5346 of 5 stars
$35.58
+4.7%
$51.75
+45.4%
+356.8%$1.48BN/A-39.10N/AUpcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:NFE) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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