374Water (SCWO) Competitors

Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV) and 374Water (NASDAQ:SCWO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer NRGV or SCWO?

Energy Vault presently has a consensus price target of $1.42, suggesting a potential upside of 55.51%. Given Energy Vault's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Energy Vault is more favorable than 374Water.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energy Vault	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
374Water	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NRGV or SCWO?

374Water has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Energy Vault. 374Water is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Vault, 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
Energy Vault	$46.97M	2.99	-$98.44M	-$0.93	-0.98
374Water	$673.27K	66.62	-$8.10M	-$0.10	-3.10

Which has more volatility and risk, NRGV or SCWO?

Energy Vault has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 374Water has a beta of -0.18, indicating that its share price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NRGV or SCWO?

In the previous week, Energy Vault had 1 more articles in the media than 374Water. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Energy Vault and 8 mentions for 374Water. Energy Vault's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat 374Water's score of 0.44 indicating that Energy Vault is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Energy Vault	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
374Water	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NRGV or SCWO?

40.0% of Energy Vault shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of 374Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of Energy Vault shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.3% of 374Water shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NRGV or SCWO?

Energy Vault received 17 more outperform votes than 374Water when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.37% of users gave Energy Vault an outperform vote while only 10.00% of users gave 374Water an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Energy Vault	Outperform Votes 18 47.37%	Underperform Votes 20 52.63%
374Water	Outperform Votes 1 10.00%	Underperform Votes 9 90.00%

Is NRGV or SCWO more profitable?

374Water has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Energy Vault's net margin of -73.37%. Energy Vault's return on equity of -47.41% beat 374Water's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energy Vault	-73.37%	-47.41%	-33.86%
374Water	N/A	-91.78%	-81.14%

Summary

Energy Vault beats 374Water on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.