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$3.80 +0.22 (+6.15%)
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NFE vs. EE, TAC, NWE, KGS, RNW, KEN, CTRI, CEPU, NNE, and EDN

Should you be buying New Fortress Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Fortress Energy include Excelerate Energy (EE), TransAlta (TAC), NorthWestern (NWE), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), ReNew Energy Global (RNW), Kenon (KEN), Centuri (CTRI), Central Puerto (CEPU), Nano Nuclear Energy (NNE), and Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) (EDN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

New Fortress Energy vs. Its Competitors

New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) and Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

New Fortress Energy has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Excelerate Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than New Fortress Energy. New Fortress Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Excelerate 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$2.36B0.44-$249.04M-$2.25-1.69
Excelerate Energy$851.44M3.74$32.88M$1.4719.01

In the previous week, New Fortress Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Excelerate Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for New Fortress Energy and 2 mentions for Excelerate Energy. New Fortress Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Excelerate Energy's score of 1.02 indicating that New Fortress Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
New Fortress Energy
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Excelerate Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

New Fortress Energy presently has a consensus target price of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 156.58%. Excelerate Energy has a consensus target price of $32.29, indicating a potential upside of 15.55%. Given New Fortress Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe New Fortress Energy is more favorable than Excelerate Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
New Fortress Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Excelerate Energy
3 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

Excelerate Energy has a net margin of 3.93% compared to New Fortress Energy's net margin of -24.33%. Excelerate Energy's return on equity of 2.20% beat New Fortress Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
New Fortress Energy-24.33% -13.50% -1.99%
Excelerate Energy 3.93%2.20%1.44%

58.6% of New Fortress Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.4% of New Fortress Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Excelerate Energy beats New Fortress Energy on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NFE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NFE vs. The Competition

MetricNew Fortress EnergyOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$981.63M$69.08B$7.57B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A6.10%10.99%4.04%
P/E Ratio-1.69101.8463.9420.11
Price / Sales0.441.7721,813.16119.81
Price / Cash3.214.7636.2557.86
Price / Book0.511.103.685.56
Net Income-$249.04M$5.03B$4.21B$248.40M
7 Day Performance-2.06%0.27%0.78%4.67%
1 Month Performance31.94%4.32%3.81%6.64%
1 Year Performance-80.31%-4.83%101.18%21.31%

New Fortress Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NFE
New Fortress Energy
2.1518 of 5 stars
$3.80
+6.1%
$9.75
+156.6%
-80.7%$981.63M$2.36B-1.69670Gap Up
EE
Excelerate Energy
2.8279 of 5 stars
$29.32
-0.6%
$32.29
+10.1%
+57.5%$3.34B$851.44M19.95900Positive News
TAC
TransAlta
3.8976 of 5 stars
$10.79
+0.9%
$19.75
+83.0%
+50.1%$3.20B$2.08B-539.231,205
NWE
NorthWestern
3.2507 of 5 stars
$51.30
+0.9%
$56.00
+9.2%
N/A$3.15B$1.51B13.361,585
KGS
Kodiak Gas Services
3.6041 of 5 stars
$34.21
+0.6%
$40.64
+18.8%
+21.5%$3.03B$1.16B64.551,300News Coverage
RNW
ReNew Energy Global
2.2567 of 5 stars
$6.91
+1.5%
$7.50
+8.5%
+24.5%$2.51B$1.14B43.193,988Positive News
Options Volume
KEN
Kenon
2.4409 of 5 stars
$41.65
+6.8%
N/A+74.3%$2.17B$751.30M13.02230High Trading Volume
CTRI
Centuri
1.2932 of 5 stars
$22.45
+1.4%
$19.00
-15.4%
+11.7%$1.99B$2.64B1,123.068,600Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CEPU
Central Puerto
2.2561 of 5 stars
$11.66
-1.6%
$12.00
+2.9%
+30.7%$1.77B$738.17B21.201,324
NNE
Nano Nuclear Energy
2.5188 of 5 stars
$34.47
-0.3%
$58.00
+68.3%
+13.2%$1.43BN/A-37.88N/ATrending News
Analyst Forecast
EDN
Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor)
1.0467 of 5 stars
$26.37
-4.2%
N/A+75.6%$1.20B$2.24B4.684,642News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:NFE) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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