Ocean Thermal Energy (OTCMKTS:CPWR – Get Free Report) and NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG – Get Free Report) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Ocean Thermal Energy and NRG Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ocean Thermal Energy | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| NRG Energy | 2.56% | 52.95% | 4.29% |
Dividends
Ocean Thermal Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9,803.9%. NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Ocean Thermal Energy pays out 208.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NRG Energy pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NRG Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ocean Thermal Energy | N/A | N/A | N/A | $0.24 | 0.02 |
| NRG Energy | $33.12 billion | 0.77 | $864.00 million | $3.78 | 32.05 |
NRG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Ocean Thermal Energy. Ocean Thermal Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NRG Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
84.7% of Ocean Thermal Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of NRG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Ocean Thermal Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of NRG Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for Ocean Thermal Energy and NRG Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ocean Thermal Energy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| NRG Energy | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2.80 |
NRG Energy has a consensus price target of $199.29, indicating a potential upside of 64.52%. Given NRG Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NRG Energy is more favorable than Ocean Thermal Energy.
Summary
NRG Energy beats Ocean Thermal Energy on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ocean Thermal Energy
Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development of projects for renewable power generation, desalinated water production, and air conditioning worldwide. It is involved in the design and development of ocean thermal energy conversion, and seawater and lake water air conditioning plants for commercial properties, utilities, and municipalities. The company produces electricity through ocean thermal electrical conversion plants and provides air conditioning for large commercial buildings or other facilities through seawater air conditioning and lake source cooling plants. It also produces fresh and desalinated water for human consumption, agricultural, mariculture, and fish farming/aquaculture uses. In addition, the company is involved in the development and commercialization of EcoVillages, a socially, economically, and ecologically sustainable communities. It has strategic relationships with DCO Energy, LLC. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
About NRG Energy
NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy and home services company in the United States and Canada. It operates through Texas; East; West/Services/Other; Vivint Smart Home; and Corporate Activities segments. The company produces and sells electricity generated using coal, oil, solar, and battery storage; natural gas; and a cloud-based home platform, including hardware, software, sales, installation, customer service, technical support, and professional monitoring solutions. It offers retail electricity and energy management, line and surge protection products, HVAC installation, repair and maintenance, home protection products, carbon offsets, back-up power stations, portable power, portable solar, and portable lighting; retail services comprising demand response, commodity sales, energy efficiency, and energy management solutions; and system power, distributed generation, renewable and low-carbon products, carbon management and specialty services, backup generation, storage and distributed solar, and energy advisory services. In addition, the company trades in power, natural gas, and related commodities; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps. It offers its products and services under the NRG, Reliant, Direct Energy, Green Mountain Energy, and Vivint. It serves residential, commercial, government, industrial, and wholesale customers. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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