Fervo Energy (NASDAQ:FRVO – Get Free Report) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Fervo Energy and Brookfield Renewable Partners”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Fervo Energy | $140,000.00 | 24,233.48 | -$70.51 million | ($4.10) | -2.81 |
| Brookfield Renewable Partners | $6.41 billion | 1.42 | $3.00 million | ($0.75) | -39.97 |
Brookfield Renewable Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Fervo Energy. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fervo Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Fervo Energy and Brookfield Renewable Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Fervo Energy | -39,751.47% | -10.73% | -5.45% |
| Brookfield Renewable Partners | -1.77% | -0.33% | -0.12% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Fervo Energy and Brookfield Renewable Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Fervo Energy | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2.95 |
| Brookfield Renewable Partners | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2.62 |
Fervo Energy presently has a consensus target price of $36.06, suggesting a potential upside of 213.28%. Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus target price of $36.73, suggesting a potential upside of 22.53%. Given Fervo Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fervo Energy is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable Partners.
Summary
Brookfield Renewable Partners beats Fervo Energy on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Fervo Energy
Fervo Energy is a geothermal energy company that develops projects to produce electricity and provide energy storage. It applies drilling and subsurface technologies, including horizontal wells and fiber-optic sensing, to access geothermal resources and make them available in more locations. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, Fervo has focused on projects in the western United States. Its developments include Project Red in Nevada and Cape Station in Utah, which is planned as a large-scale geothermal power project.
About Brookfield Renewable Partners
Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. owns and operates a global portfolio of renewable power and sustainable energy assets. Its operations include hydroelectric, wind and solar generation, as well as battery storage and distributed energy businesses. The partnership serves markets across North America, South America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. It sells renewable electricity and related services to utilities, businesses and other customers. Brookfield Renewable traces its roots to Brookfield Asset Management’s renewable power business and operates as part of the Brookfield group.
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