Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL – Get Free Report) and Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Powell Industries and Energy Vault, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Powell Industries | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.86 |
| Energy Vault | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.29 |
Powell Industries currently has a consensus price target of $215.42, indicating a potential upside of 18.04%. Energy Vault has a consensus price target of $6.01, indicating a potential upside of 38.87%. Given Energy Vault’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Vault is more favorable than Powell Industries.
Risk and Volatility
Profitability
This table compares Powell Industries and Energy Vault’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Powell Industries | 16.49% | 27.51% | 15.94% |
| Energy Vault | -48.58% | -236.83% | -34.74% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
89.8% of Powell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Energy Vault shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Powell Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Energy Vault shares are owned by company 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.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Powell Industries and Energy Vault”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Powell Industries | $1.16 billion | 5.74 | $180.75 million | $5.21 | 35.03 |
| Energy Vault | $225.87 million | 3.48 | -$103.61 million | ($0.66) | -6.55 |
Powell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Energy Vault. Energy Vault is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Powell Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Powell Industries beats Energy Vault on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Powell Industries
Powell Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems. The company’s principal products include integrated power control room substations, custom-engineered modules, electrical houses, medium-voltage circuit breakers, monitoring and control communications systems, motor control centers, switches, and bus duct systems, as well as traditional and arc-resistant distribution switchgears and control gears. Its products have application in voltages ranging from 480 volts to 38,000 volts. The company also provide field service inspection, installation, commissioning, modification and repair, spare parts, retrofit and retrofill components for existing systems, and replacement circuit breakers for switchgear. It serves onshore and offshore production, liquefied natural gas facilities and terminals, pipelines, refineries, and petrochemical plants, as well as electric utility, light rail traction power, mining and metals, pulp and paper, data centers and other municipal, commercial, and industrial markets. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Mexico, and Central and South America. Powell Industries, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
About Energy Vault
Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. develops and sells energy storage solutions. The company offers B-Vault, an electrochemical battery energy storage systems for shorter-duration energy storage needs; G-Vault, a proprietary gravity energy storage solution, including EVx solution; and H-Vault, a hybrid energy storage systems including systems that integrate green hydrogen. Its software solutions includes Vault-OS, an energy management system the management of one or more diverse storage mediums; Vault-Bidder that utilizes machine learning algorithms to match node-specific data with real-time weather and asset performance information; and Vault-Manager which designs to safeguard asset management and to help blend developing technologies seamlessly into existing solutions. Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. is based in Westlake Village, California.
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