XPLR Infrastructure (XIFR) Competitors

Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) and XPLR Infrastructure (NYSE:XIFR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has better valuation & earnings, EE or XIFR?

Excelerate Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than XPLR Infrastructure. XPLR Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Excelerate Energy, 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	3.56	$32.88M	$1.47	18.08
XPLR Infrastructure	$1.26B	0.68	-$23M	-$1.90	-4.81

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

21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor EE or XIFR?

In the previous week, XPLR Infrastructure had 25 more articles in the media than Excelerate Energy. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for XPLR Infrastructure and 3 mentions for Excelerate Energy. Excelerate Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat XPLR Infrastructure's score of 0.34 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
XPLR Infrastructure	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	20 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate EE or XIFR?

Excelerate Energy currently has a consensus target price of $32.29, indicating a potential upside of 21.47%. XPLR Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $16.77, indicating a potential upside of 83.67%. Given XPLR Infrastructure's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XPLR Infrastructure 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
XPLR Infrastructure	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is EE or XIFR a better dividend stock?

Excelerate Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. XPLR Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $3.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 40.2%. Excelerate Energy pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XPLR Infrastructure pays out -193.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Excelerate Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. XPLR Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, EE or XIFR?

Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPLR Infrastructure has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EE or XIFR more profitable?

Excelerate Energy has a net margin of 3.93% compared to XPLR Infrastructure's net margin of -14.10%. Excelerate Energy's return on equity of 2.20% beat XPLR Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Excelerate Energy	3.93%	2.20%	1.44%
XPLR Infrastructure	-14.10%	1.64%	1.03%

Summary

Excelerate Energy beats XPLR Infrastructure on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.