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NPWR vs. PLUG, ENR, FLNC, EOSE, MVST, AMPX, SLDP, BLDP, BYRN, and SES

Should you be buying NET Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NET Power include Plug Power (PLUG), Energizer (ENR), Fluence Energy (FLNC), Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE), Microvast (MVST), Amprius Technologies (AMPX), Solid Power (SLDP), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Byrna Technologies (BYRN), and SES AI (SES). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment" industry.

NET Power vs. Its Competitors

Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) and NET Power (NYSE:NPWR) are both small-cap electrical equipment companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation and earnings.

43.5% of Plug Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of NET Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Plug Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of NET Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

NET Power has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Plug Power's net margin of -312.29%. NET Power's return on equity of -22.52% beat Plug Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Plug Power-312.29% -82.21% -47.92%
NET Power N/A -22.52%-7.12%

NET Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plug Power. NET Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plug Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Plug Power$628.81M2.55-$2.10B-$2.47-0.57
NET Power$250K2,304.62-$49.19M-$2.06-1.28

In the previous week, Plug Power had 10 more articles in the media than NET Power. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Plug Power and 3 mentions for NET Power. NET Power's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Plug Power's score of 0.20 indicating that NET Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Plug Power
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NET Power
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Plug Power currently has a consensus price target of $1.92, suggesting a potential upside of 36.99%. NET Power has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.09%. Given NET Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NET Power is more favorable than Plug Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Plug Power
5 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.94
NET Power
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Plug Power has a beta of 2.35, suggesting that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NET Power has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NET Power beats Plug Power on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NPWR vs. The Competition

MetricNET PowerOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$630.91M$10.33B$7.80B$20.63B
Dividend YieldN/A4.53%10.93%3.67%
P/E Ratio-1.2861.1776.4729.01
Price / Sales2,304.6256.0427,062.1665.92
Price / Cash19.2221.1735.8922.82
Price / Book0.874.753.844.43
Net Income-$49.19M$274.67M$4.26B$993.74M
7 Day Performance-6.17%-5.23%68.64%-3.39%
1 Month Performance3.14%-0.01%76.30%-2.10%
1 Year Performance-70.45%50.49%98.72%10.09%

NET Power Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NPWR
NET Power
2.7775 of 5 stars
$2.63
-8.7%
$4.00
+52.1%
-71.8%$630.91M$250K-1.2824Positive News
Gap Down
PLUG
Plug Power
4.3588 of 5 stars
$1.77
-3.8%
$1.92
+8.4%
-39.7%$2.11B$628.81M-0.723,224Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
ENR
Energizer
4.4724 of 5 stars
$23.69
-2.3%
$30.75
+29.8%
-27.8%$1.75B$2.89B32.455,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
FLNC
Fluence Energy
2.7476 of 5 stars
$8.84
-5.8%
$7.98
-9.8%
-50.9%$1.70B$2.70B-40.181,595Gap Down
EOSE
Eos Energy Enterprises
1.8976 of 5 stars
$6.18
-3.0%
$6.50
+5.2%
+202.7%$1.45B$15.61M-1.40250Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MVST
Microvast
0.8895 of 5 stars
$3.33
+0.6%
$3.00
-9.9%
+709.7%$1.08B$379.80M-7.741,921News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
AMPX
Amprius Technologies
2.6543 of 5 stars
$8.29
+1.1%
$10.17
+22.6%
+443.6%$967M$24.17M-20.2250News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
SLDP
Solid Power
0.7626 of 5 stars
$4.05
-6.0%
$1.50
-63.0%
+81.9%$773.05M$20.14M-7.94240Upcoming Earnings
BLDP
Ballard Power Systems
1.0765 of 5 stars
$2.04
-4.2%
$2.14
+4.9%
-16.4%$638.68M$69.73M-2.001,370Gap Down
BYRN
Byrna Technologies
2.8363 of 5 stars
$23.48
-0.7%
$38.75
+65.0%
+134.3%$536.95M$85.76M37.87150Gap Down
SES
SES AI
1.7553 of 5 stars
$1.36
+14.8%
$1.50
+10.7%
+10.0%$432.89M$2.04M-4.52130Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume

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