Critical Review: Fervo Energy (FRVO) & Its Competitors

Fervo Energy (NASDAQ:FRVO) is one of 141 publicly-traded companies in the “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Fervo Energy to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Fervo Energy and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fervo Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fervo Energy Competitors	-37.00%	13.62%	0.71%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

35.2% of shares of all “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of shares of all “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Fervo Energy and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fervo Energy	$140,000.00	-$70.51 million	-2.08
Fervo Energy Competitors	$35.59 billion	$816.69 million	14.97

Fervo Energy’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Fervo Energy. Fervo Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Fervo Energy and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fervo Energy	1	1	14	2	2.94
Fervo Energy Competitors	961	2976	3792	186	2.40

Fervo Energy currently has a consensus target price of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 351.35%. As a group, “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” companies have a potential upside of 147.64%. Given Fervo Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Fervo Energy is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

Fervo Energy competitors beat Fervo Energy on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Fervo Energy

Fervo Energy Company is a geothermal energy developer, builds, owns and operates geothermal power facilities. Fervo Energy Company is based in Houston, Texas.