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$9.87 +0.18 (+1.86%)
Closing price 03/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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NFE vs. TLN, DTM, KEP, KNTK, ENLC, ELPC, BEP, CWEN, TXNM, and BIPC

Should you be buying New Fortress Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Fortress Energy include Talen Energy (TLN), DT Midstream (DTM), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Kinetik (KNTK), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Clearway Energy (CWEN), TXNM Energy (TXNM), and Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

New Fortress Energy vs.

New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) and Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

In the previous week, New Fortress Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Talen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for New Fortress Energy and 22 mentions for Talen Energy. Talen Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat New Fortress Energy's score of 0.82 indicating that Talen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
New Fortress Energy
10 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Talen Energy
8 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

58.6% of New Fortress Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Talen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.1% of New Fortress Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Talen Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Talen Energy has a net margin of 50.48% compared to New Fortress Energy's net margin of 7.84%. New Fortress Energy's return on equity of 15.60% beat Talen Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
New Fortress Energy7.84% 15.60% 2.42%
Talen Energy 50.48%8.59%3.13%

Talen Energy received 102 more outperform votes than New Fortress Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.27% of users gave Talen Energy an outperform vote while only 53.99% of users gave New Fortress Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
New Fortress EnergyOutperform Votes
115
53.99%
Underperform Votes
98
46.01%
Talen EnergyOutperform Votes
217
63.27%
Underperform Votes
126
36.73%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
New Fortress Energy$2.36B1.14$547.88M-$1.26-7.83
Talen Energy$2.07B3.91$613M$17.4110.12

New Fortress Energy presently has a consensus target price of $15.60, suggesting a potential upside of 58.05%. Talen Energy has a consensus target price of $246.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.58%. Given New Fortress Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe New Fortress Energy is more favorable than Talen Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
New Fortress Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Talen Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

New Fortress Energy has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talen Energy has a beta of 2, meaning that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Talen Energy beats New Fortress Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NFE vs. The Competition

MetricNew Fortress EnergyNatural gas distribution IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.69B$12.09B$8.62B$8.33B
Dividend Yield2.21%3.12%11.92%4.02%
P/E Ratio10.8512.0912.2519.35
Price / Sales1.142.36299.47118.07
Price / Cash3.259.0611.8834.62
Price / Book1.141.913.664.23
Net Income$547.88M$1.29B$810.14M$247.13M
7 Day Performance-1.30%-3.02%-3.45%-2.38%
1 Month Performance-19.49%-2.07%-7.53%-6.15%
1 Year Performance-69.86%9.34%-2.05%2.83%

New Fortress Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NFE
New Fortress Energy
2.7584 of 5 stars
$9.87
+1.9%
$15.60
+58.1%
-69.9%$2.69B$2.36B10.85670Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
TLN
Talen Energy
3.5621 of 5 stars
$189.55
-8.8%
$247.10
+30.4%
+107.3%$9.57B$2.41B10.072,118Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
DTM
DT Midstream
4.1217 of 5 stars
$93.79
-2.4%
$102.00
+8.8%
+51.3%$9.49B$981M22.79360Positive News
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.5861 of 5 stars
$7.22
-1.2%
N/A-16.6%$9.26B$94.00T3.3448,696
KNTK
Kinetik
3.603 of 5 stars
$57.05
-2.2%
$59.00
+3.4%
+43.4%$8.94B$1.48B20.93200Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
ENLC
EnLink Midstream
0.9977 of 5 stars
$14.56
+2.9%
$15.40
+5.8%
+13.7%$6.65B$6.65B69.331,072High Trading Volume
ELPC
Companhia Paranaense de Energia
N/A$6.00
-0.7%
N/A-16.0%$6.42B$22.20B8.576,320Earnings Report
Gap Down
BEP
Brookfield Renewable Partners
4.1588 of 5 stars
$21.63
-3.9%
$30.50
+41.0%
-5.9%$6.17B$5.88B-24.294,770Short Interest ↑
Positive News
CWEN
Clearway Energy
2.5658 of 5 stars
$27.26
-1.2%
$34.17
+25.3%
+22.3%$5.52B$1.37B26.2360Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
TXNM
TXNM Energy
3.0015 of 5 stars
$52.06
-0.4%
$52.86
+1.5%
N/A$4.69B$1.97B27.091,635Analyst Forecast
BIPC
Brookfield Infrastructure
N/A$39.16
-2.2%
N/A+5.7%$4.66B$3.67B27.211,700
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