New Fortress Energy (NFE) Competitors

Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) and New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Which has more risk & volatility, BEP or NFE?

Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Fortress Energy has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BEP or NFE?

63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 37.1% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BEP or NFE?

Brookfield Renewable Partners received 359 more outperform votes than New Fortress Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.29% of users gave Brookfield Renewable Partners an outperform vote while only 53.95% of users gave New Fortress Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Renewable Partners	Outperform Votes 475 61.29%	Underperform Votes 300 38.71%
New Fortress Energy	Outperform Votes 116 53.95%	Underperform Votes 99 46.05%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BEP or NFE?

New Fortress Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Fortress Energy, 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
Brookfield Renewable Partners	$5.88B	1.03	-$464M	-$0.89	-23.83
New Fortress Energy	$2.36B	0.58	$547.88M	-$1.26	-3.95

Do analysts prefer BEP or NFE?

Brookfield Renewable Partners presently has a consensus price target of $30.18, suggesting a potential upside of 42.33%. New Fortress Energy has a consensus price target of $13.83, suggesting a potential upside of 177.78%. Given New Fortress Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe New Fortress Energy is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Renewable Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
New Fortress Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is BEP or NFE more profitable?

New Fortress Energy has a net margin of 7.84% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of -0.15%. New Fortress Energy's return on equity of 15.60% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Renewable Partners	-0.15%	-0.03%	-0.01%
New Fortress Energy	7.84%	15.60%	2.42%

Does the media favor BEP or NFE?

In the previous week, New Fortress Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for New Fortress Energy and 7 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat New Fortress Energy's score of 0.81 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Renewable Partners	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
New Fortress Energy	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BEP or NFE a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. New Fortress Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -167.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New Fortress Energy pays out -7.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Brookfield Renewable Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Brookfield Renewable Partners beats New Fortress Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.