NET Power (NYSE:NPWR – Get Free Report) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
53.6% of NET Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of NET Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are held 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.
Profitability
This table compares NET Power and Fluence Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| NET Power | N/A | 133.74% | 43.90% |
| Fluence Energy | -1.62% | -8.29% | -1.85% |
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| NET Power | $250,000.00 | 1,324.08 | -$578.63 million | ($5.89) | -0.25 |
| Fluence Energy | $2.26 billion | 1.18 | -$48.31 million | ($0.36) | -40.08 |
Fluence Energy has higher revenue and earnings than NET Power. Fluence Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NET Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for NET Power and Fluence Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| NET Power | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Fluence Energy | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2.22 |
NET Power presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 137.29%. Fluence Energy has a consensus target price of $19.53, suggesting a potential upside of 35.35%. Given NET Power’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NET Power is more favorable than Fluence Energy.
Risk & Volatility
NET Power has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.75, indicating that its stock price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NET Power beats Fluence Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Fluence Energy
Fluence Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers energy storage products and solution, services, and artificial intelligence enabled software-as-a-service products for renewables and storage applications in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company sells energy storage products with integrated hardware, software, and digital intelligence. Its energy storage products include Gridstack Pro, a large-scale front-of-the-meter application; Gridstack, a front-of-the-meter application; Sunstack, a DC-coupled energy storage product for DC-coupled solar + storage projects; Edgestack, for smaller-scale commercial and industrial use cases; and Ultrastack, for critical system requirements of distribution and transmission networks. The company also provides engineering and delivery services to support the deployment of its storage products; operational and maintenance services; and digital applications. It serves independent power producers, developer, utilities, and other generators. Fluence Energy, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Fluence Energy, Inc. is a joint venture of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft and The AES Corporation.
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