BE vs. NPWR, RUN, USAC, CEIX, NS, BTU, AY, NEP, KOS, and ARLP
Should you be buying Bloom Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloom Energy include NET Power (NPWR), Sunrun (RUN), USA Compression Partners (USAC), CONSOL Energy (CEIX), NuStar Energy (NS), Peabody Energy (BTU), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), NextEra Energy Partners (NEP), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
NET Power (NYSE:NPWR) and Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Bloom Energy received 245 more outperform votes than NET Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.99% of users gave Bloom Energy an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave NET Power an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bloom Energy had 13 more articles in the media than NET Power. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Bloom Energy and 4 mentions for NET Power. NET Power's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Bloom Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Bloom Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NET Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bloom Energy.
NET Power currently has a consensus target price of $21.33, suggesting a potential upside of 91.85%. Bloom Energy has a consensus target price of $16.69, suggesting a potential upside of 42.32%. Given Bloom Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe NET Power is more favorable than Bloom Energy.
53.6% of NET Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of NET Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NET Power has a beta of -0.07, suggesting that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloom Energy has a beta of 2.77, suggesting that its share price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NET Power has a net margin of 0.00% compared to NET Power's net margin of -22.66%. NET Power's return on equity of -23.88% beat Bloom Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Bloom Energy beats NET Power on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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