New Fortress Energy (NFE) Competitors

Northwest Natural (NYSE:NWN) and New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.

Do analysts prefer NWN or NFE?

Northwest Natural presently has a consensus target price of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.28%. New Fortress Energy has a consensus target price of $19.77, suggesting a potential upside of 115.32%. Given New Fortress Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe New Fortress Energy is more favorable than Northwest Natural.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northwest Natural	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
New Fortress Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Which has more volatility and risk, NWN or NFE?

Northwest Natural has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Fortress Energy has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NWN or NFE more profitable?

New Fortress Energy has a net margin of 7.84% compared to Northwest Natural's net margin of 6.90%. New Fortress Energy's return on equity of 15.60% beat Northwest Natural's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northwest Natural	6.90%	5.89%	1.61%
New Fortress Energy	7.84%	15.60%	2.42%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NWN or NFE?

75.1% of Northwest Natural shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of New Fortress Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Northwest Natural shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.1% of New Fortress Energy shares are owned 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.

Is NWN or NFE a better dividend stock?

Northwest Natural pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. New Fortress Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Northwest Natural pays out 92.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. New Fortress Energy pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northwest Natural has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Northwest Natural is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NWN or NFE?

Northwest Natural received 162 more outperform votes than New Fortress Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.07% of users gave New Fortress Energy an outperform vote while only 52.08% of users gave Northwest Natural an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northwest Natural	Outperform Votes 275 52.08%	Underperform Votes 253 47.92%
New Fortress Energy	Outperform Votes 113 54.07%	Underperform Votes 96 45.93%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NWN or NFE?

New Fortress Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Northwest Natural. New Fortress Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Natural, 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
Northwest Natural	$1.20B	1.41	$93.87M	$2.12	19.87
New Fortress Energy	$2.41B	0.78	$547.88M	$0.91	10.09

Does the media prefer NWN or NFE?

In the previous week, New Fortress Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Northwest Natural. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for New Fortress Energy and 11 mentions for Northwest Natural. Northwest Natural's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat New Fortress Energy's score of 0.11 indicating that Northwest Natural is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northwest Natural	3 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
New Fortress Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

New Fortress Energy beats Northwest Natural on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.