Pure Cycle (PCYO) Competitors

Nextera Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP) and Pure Cycle (NASDAQ:PCYO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.

Is NEP or PCYO more profitable?

Pure Cycle has a net margin of 46.32% compared to Nextera Energy Partners' net margin of -0.73%. Pure Cycle's return on equity of 10.54% beat Nextera Energy Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nextera Energy Partners	-0.73%	1.34%	0.85%
Pure Cycle	46.32%	10.54%	9.36%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NEP or PCYO?

66.0% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of Pure Cycle shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Pure Cycle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NEP or PCYO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nextera Energy Partners	$1.23B	0.00	-$10M	-$0.10	N/A
Pure Cycle	$29.91M	8.69	$11.61M	$0.58	18.60

Which has more volatility and risk, NEP or PCYO?

Nextera Energy Partners has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pure Cycle has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer NEP or PCYO?

Nextera Energy Partners currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Nextera Energy Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Nextera Energy Partners is more favorable than Pure Cycle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nextera Energy Partners	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Pure Cycle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer NEP or PCYO?

In the previous week, Nextera Energy Partners and Nextera Energy Partners both had 1 articles in the media. Nextera Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Pure Cycle's score of 0.00 indicating that Nextera Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nextera Energy Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pure Cycle	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NEP or PCYO?

Pure Cycle received 182 more outperform votes than Nextera Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.66% of users gave Pure Cycle an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Nextera Energy Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nextera Energy Partners	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 15 100.00%
Pure Cycle	Outperform Votes 182 67.66%	Underperform Votes 87 32.34%

Summary

Pure Cycle beats Nextera Energy Partners on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.