NET Power (NPWR) Competitors

CAE (NYSE:CAE) and NET Power (NYSE:NPWR) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts rate CAE or NPWR?

CAE presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.83%. NET Power has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.90%. Given CAE's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CAE is more favorable than NET Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
NET Power	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility & risk, CAE or NPWR?

CAE has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NET Power has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CAE or NPWR?

NET Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CAE.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CAE	$4.43B	1.77	-$225.35M	-$0.77	-31.88
NET Power	$170K	12,659.03	-$77.23M	N/A	N/A

Is CAE or NPWR more profitable?

NET Power has a net margin of 0.00% compared to CAE's net margin of -7.49%. NET Power's return on equity of 6.23% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAE	-7.49%	5.79%	2.56%
NET Power	N/A	6.23%	1.91%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CAE or NPWR?

CAE received 564 more outperform votes than NET Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.31% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave NET Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAE	Outperform Votes 567 62.31%	Underperform Votes 343 37.69%
NET Power	Outperform Votes 3 42.86%	Underperform Votes 4 57.14%

Does the media refer more to CAE or NPWR?

In the previous week, CAE had 8 more articles in the media than NET Power. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CAE and 3 mentions for NET Power. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat NET Power's score of 0.39 indicating that CAE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CAE	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NET Power	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CAE or NPWR?

67.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of NET Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of NET Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CAE beats NET Power on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.