NET Power (NPWR) Competitors

NET Power (NYSE:NPWR) and Energizer (NYSE:ENR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, NPWR or ENR?

NET Power has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energizer has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NPWR or ENR?

53.6% of NET Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Energizer shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of NET Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Energizer shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NPWR or ENR more profitable?

Energizer has a net margin of 2.02% compared to NET Power's net margin of 0.00%. Energizer's return on equity of 168.16% beat NET Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NET Power	N/A	6.23%	1.91%
Energizer	2.02%	168.16%	5.81%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NPWR or ENR?

Energizer received 386 more outperform votes than NET Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.30% of users gave Energizer an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave NET Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NET Power	Outperform Votes 4 36.36%	Underperform Votes 7 63.64%
Energizer	Outperform Votes 390 58.30%	Underperform Votes 279 41.70%

Do analysts rate NPWR or ENR?

NET Power presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 152.37%. Energizer has a consensus target price of $31.63, suggesting a potential upside of 38.10%. Given NET Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NET Power is more favorable than Energizer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NET Power	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Energizer	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NPWR or ENR?

Energizer has higher revenue and earnings than NET Power. NET Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energizer, 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
NET Power	$250K	1,388.88	-$77.23M	-$2.06	-0.77
Energizer	$2.90B	0.57	$38.10M	$0.73	31.37

Does the media favor NPWR or ENR?

In the previous week, NET Power had 4 more articles in the media than Energizer. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for NET Power and 22 mentions for Energizer. Energizer's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat NET Power's score of 0.00 indicating that Energizer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NET Power	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	23 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Energizer	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Energizer beats NET Power on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.