Analyzing NET Power (NPWR) and The Competition

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for NET Power and its peers, 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, indicating a potential upside of 66.98%. As a group, “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies have a potential upside of 17.46%. Given NET Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe NET Power is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares NET Power and its peers’ 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%

Institutional & Insider 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares NET Power and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NET Power	$250,000.00	-$77.23 million	-4.02
NET Power Competitors	$534.72 million	-$136.01 million	-1.96

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Summary

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

About NET Power

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.