Contrasting NET Power (NPWR) and Its Peers

NET Power (NYSE:NPWR) is one of 21 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical industrial apparatus” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare NET Power to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares NET Power and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NET Power	$250,000.00	-$77.23 million	-3.38
NET Power Competitors	$534.72 million	-$136.01 million	-1.37

NET Power’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than NET Power. NET Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

53.6% of NET Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of shares of all “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of NET Power shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of shares of all “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for NET Power and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NET Power	0	1	1	1	3.00
NET Power Competitors	94	603	845	36	2.52

NET Power presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 98.68%. As a group, “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies have a potential upside of 25.34%. Given NET Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe NET Power is more favorable than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

NET Power has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NET Power’s competitors have a beta of 1.42, suggesting that their average share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares NET Power and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NET Power	N/A	6.23%	1.91%
NET Power Competitors	-211.08%	-93.75%	-17.25%

Summary

NET Power beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

NET Power Company Profile

NET Power Inc. operates as a clean energy technology company. The company invents, develops, and licenses clean power generation technology. NET Power Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.