Head to Head Review: NET Power (NYSE:NPWR) vs. Sunrise New Energy (NASDAQ:EPOW)

NET Power (NYSE:NPWR) and Sunrise New Energy (NASDAQ:EPOW) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares NET Power and Sunrise New Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NET Power	$250,000.00	1,790.87	-$578.63 million	($7.32)	-0.27
Sunrise New Energy	$65.00 million	0.28	-$12.76 million	N/A	N/A

Sunrise New Energy has higher revenue and earnings than NET Power.

Volatility & Risk

NET Power has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunrise New Energy has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for NET Power and Sunrise New Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NET Power	1	1	1	0	2.00
Sunrise New Energy	1	0	0	0	1.00

NET Power currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 75.44%. Given NET Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NET Power is more favorable than Sunrise New Energy.

Profitability

This table compares NET Power and Sunrise New Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NET Power	N/A	70.31%	23.17%
Sunrise New Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

53.6% of NET Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.9% of Sunrise New Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of NET Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.5% of Sunrise New Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

NET Power beats Sunrise New Energy on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NET Power

NET Power Inc. operates as a clean energy technology company. The company invents, develops, and licenses clean power generation technology. NET Power Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

About Sunrise New Energy

Sunrise New Energy Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of graphite anode material for EVs and other lithium-ion batteries. The company also operates a peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform business. In addition, it offers education consulting, training, tailored, information technology, business incubation, enterprise information technology integration, health, and agricultural technology services, as well as cultural and artistic exchanges and planning, and conference services. The company was formerly known as Global Internet of People, Inc. Sunrise New Energy Co., Ltd. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Zibo, the People’s Republic of China.