Pure Cycle (PCYO) Competitors

Nextera Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP) and Pure Cycle (NASDAQ:PCYO) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NEP or PCYO?

Pure Cycle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nextera Energy Partners. Nextera Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pure Cycle, 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
Nextera Energy Partners	$1.23B	0.00	-$10M	-$0.10	N/A
Pure Cycle	$28.75M	9.62	$11.61M	$0.55	20.89

Does the media favor NEP or PCYO?

In the previous week, Nextera Energy Partners and Nextera Energy Partners both had 1 articles in the media. Pure Cycle's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Nextera Energy Partners' score of 0.42 indicating that Pure Cycle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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)	Neutral
Pure Cycle	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NEP or PCYO?

Pure Cycle received 182 more outperform votes than Nextera Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.66% of users gave Pure Cycle an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Nextera Energy Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nextera Energy Partners	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 4 100.00%
Pure Cycle	Outperform Votes 182 67.66%	Underperform Votes 87 32.34%

Which has more volatility & risk, NEP or PCYO?

Nextera Energy Partners has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pure Cycle has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate NEP or PCYO?

Nextera Energy Partners currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Nextera Energy Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nextera Energy Partners is more favorable than Pure Cycle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nextera Energy Partners	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Pure Cycle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NEP or PCYO?

66.0% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of Pure Cycle shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Pure Cycle shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is NEP or PCYO more profitable?

Pure Cycle has a net margin of 46.32% compared to Nextera Energy Partners' net margin of -0.73%. Pure Cycle's return on equity of 10.54% beat Nextera Energy Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nextera Energy Partners	-0.73%	1.34%	0.85%
Pure Cycle	46.32%	10.54%	9.36%

Summary

Pure Cycle beats Nextera Energy Partners on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.