Pure Cycle (PCYO) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, PCYO or NEP?

Pure Cycle has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% 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 media favor PCYO or NEP?

In the previous week, Pure Cycle had 6 more articles in the media than Nextera Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pure Cycle and 0 mentions for Nextera Energy Partners. Pure Cycle's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Nextera Energy Partners' score of 0.63 indicating that Pure Cycle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pure Cycle	Positive
Nextera Energy Partners	Positive

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 plainly 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 49.58% compared to Nextera Energy Partners' net margin of -0.73%. Pure Cycle's return on equity of 10.19% beat Nextera Energy Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pure Cycle	49.58%	10.19%	9.10%
Nextera Energy Partners	-0.73%	1.34%	0.85%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$28.75M	8.41	$11.61M	$0.55	18.27
Nextera Energy Partners	$1.23B	0.00	-$10M	-$0.10	N/A

Summary

Pure Cycle beats Nextera Energy Partners on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.