Montauk Renewables (MNTK) Competitors

Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK) and Nextera Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is MNTK or NEP more profitable?

Montauk Renewables has a net margin of 11.80% compared to Nextera Energy Partners' net margin of -0.73%. Montauk Renewables' return on equity of 8.88% beat Nextera Energy Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Montauk Renewables	11.80%	8.88%	6.38%
Nextera Energy Partners	-0.73%	1.34%	0.85%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MNTK or NEP?

Montauk Renewables received 13 more outperform votes than Nextera Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 32.50% of users gave Montauk Renewables an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Nextera Energy Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Montauk Renewables	Outperform Votes 13 32.50%	Underperform Votes 27 67.50%
Nextera Energy Partners	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 10 100.00%

Do analysts recommend MNTK or NEP?

Montauk Renewables currently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 88.68%. Nextera Energy Partners has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Montauk Renewables' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Montauk Renewables is more favorable than Nextera Energy Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Montauk Renewables	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Nextera Energy Partners	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MNTK or NEP?

16.4% of Montauk Renewables shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of Montauk Renewables shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, MNTK or NEP?

Montauk Renewables has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nextera Energy Partners has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MNTK or NEP?

Montauk Renewables has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nextera Energy Partners. Nextera Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montauk Renewables, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Montauk Renewables	$175.74M	1.72	$14.95M	$0.06	35.33
Nextera Energy Partners	$1.23B	0.00	-$10M	-$0.10	N/A

Does the media prefer MNTK or NEP?

In the previous week, Montauk Renewables had 3 more articles in the media than Nextera Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Montauk Renewables and 1 mentions for Nextera Energy Partners. Montauk Renewables' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Nextera Energy Partners' score of 0.63 indicating that Montauk Renewables is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Montauk Renewables	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nextera Energy Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Montauk Renewables beats Nextera Energy Partners on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.