Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III (DCRC) Competitors

Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV) and Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III (NASDAQ:DCRC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Which has better valuation & earnings, NRGV or DCRC?

Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Energy Vault.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Energy Vault	$130.96M	1.40	-$98.44M	-$0.65	-1.85
Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to NRGV or DCRC?

In the previous week, Energy Vault's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III's score of 0.00 indicating that Energy Vault is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Energy Vault	Positive
Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NRGV or DCRC?

Energy Vault received 15 more outperform votes than Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.71% of users gave Energy Vault an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Energy Vault	Outperform Votes 16 45.71%	Underperform Votes 19 54.29%
Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%

Is NRGV or DCRC more profitable?

Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Energy Vault's net margin of -73.37%. Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III's return on equity of 0.00% beat Energy Vault's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energy Vault	-73.37%	-47.41%	-33.86%
Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate NRGV or DCRC?

Energy Vault currently has a consensus target price of $1.95, indicating a potential upside of 61.83%. Given Energy Vault's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Energy Vault is more favorable than Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energy Vault	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NRGV or DCRC?

40.0% of Energy Vault shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Energy Vault shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Energy Vault beats Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. III on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.