Head to Head Review: NET Power (NPWR) & Its Competitors

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

53.6% of NET Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of shares of all “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of NET Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of shares of all “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NET Power	$250,000.00	-$77.23 million	-3.89
NET Power Competitors	$534.72 million	-$136.01 million	-1.69

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

Profitability

This table compares NET Power and its rivals’ 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%

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NET Power	0	1	1	1	3.00
NET Power Competitors	92	598	839	35	2.52

NET Power currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 72.74%. As a group, “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies have a potential upside of 18.58%. Given NET Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NET Power is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility and Risk

NET Power has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NET Power’s rivals have a beta of 1.46, indicating that their average share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NET Power beats its rivals 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.