Pure Cycle (PCYO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	8.57	$11.61M	$0.58	18.36

Which has more risk & volatility, NEP or PCYO?

Nextera Energy Partners has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pure Cycle has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NEP or PCYO?

In the previous week, Pure Cycle had 3 more articles in the media than Nextera Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pure Cycle and 0 mentions for Nextera Energy Partners. Pure Cycle's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Nextera Energy Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Pure Cycle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Nextera Energy Partners	Neutral
Pure Cycle	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend 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 probable upside, analysts plainly 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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Pure Cycle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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