Pure Cycle (PCYO) Competitors

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

Does the media favor PCYO or NEP?

In the previous week, Pure Cycle had 2 more articles in the media than Nextera Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pure Cycle and 0 mentions for Nextera Energy Partners. Pure Cycle's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Nextera Energy Partners' score of 1.05 indicating that Pure Cycle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pure Cycle	Very Positive
Nextera Energy Partners	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PCYO or NEP?

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PCYO or NEP?

Pure Cycle has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Pure Cycle	$29.91M	7.97	$11.61M	$0.58	17.07
Nextera Energy Partners	$1.23B	0.00	-$10M	-$0.10	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, PCYO or NEP?

Pure Cycle has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nextera Energy Partners has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PCYO or NEP?

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
Pure Cycle	Outperform Votes 182 67.66%	Underperform Votes 87 32.34%
Nextera Energy Partners	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 12 100.00%

Do analysts prefer PCYO or NEP?

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

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

Is PCYO or NEP 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
Pure Cycle	46.32%	10.54%	9.36%
Nextera Energy Partners	-0.73%	1.34%	0.85%

Summary

Pure Cycle beats Nextera Energy Partners on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.