Altus Power (AMPS) Competitors

Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) and Altus Power (NYSE:AMPS) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the media prefer EE or AMPS?

In the previous week, Altus Power had 8 more articles in the media than Excelerate Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Altus Power and 7 mentions for Excelerate Energy. Excelerate Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Altus Power's score of -0.03 indicating that Excelerate Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Excelerate Energy	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Altus Power	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EE or AMPS?

Altus Power received 15 more outperform votes than Excelerate Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.06% of users gave Altus Power an outperform vote while only 37.93% of users gave Excelerate Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Excelerate Energy	Outperform Votes 22 37.93%	Underperform Votes 36 62.07%
Altus Power	Outperform Votes 37 56.06%	Underperform Votes 29 43.94%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EE or AMPS?

21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Altus Power shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Altus Power shares are held 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 EE or AMPS more profitable?

Altus Power has a net margin of 19.18% compared to Excelerate Energy's net margin of 3.14%. Altus Power's return on equity of 4.79% beat Excelerate Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Excelerate Energy	3.14%	1.39%	0.90%
Altus Power	19.18%	4.79%	1.16%

Do analysts prefer EE or AMPS?

Excelerate Energy presently has a consensus target price of $31.17, suggesting a potential downside of 0.64%. Altus Power has a consensus target price of $5.13, suggesting a potential upside of 3.64%. Given Altus Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Altus Power is more favorable than Excelerate Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Excelerate Energy	3 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Altus Power	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EE or AMPS?

Excelerate Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Altus Power. Excelerate Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altus Power, 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
Excelerate Energy	$851.44M	3.90	$30.41M	$1.25	25.09
Altus Power	$196.27M	4.05	-$9.35M	$0.01	494.50

Is EE or AMPS a better dividend stock?

Excelerate Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Altus Power pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 32.2%. Excelerate Energy pays out 19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Altus Power pays out 15,900.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, EE or AMPS?

Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altus Power has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Altus Power beats Excelerate Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.