Comparing Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and NextNRG (NASDAQ:NXXT)

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and NextNRG (NASDAQ:NXXT) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of NextNRG shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.1% of NextNRG shares are owned 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Bloom Energy and NextNRG, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloom Energy	3	11	10	2	2.42
NextNRG	1	1	1	1	2.50

Bloom Energy currently has a consensus price target of $131.87, suggesting a potential downside of 2.89%. NextNRG has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 870.19%. Given NextNRG’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NextNRG is more favorable than Bloom Energy.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bloom Energy and NextNRG”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bloom Energy	$2.02 billion	18.82	-$88.43 million	($0.38)	-357.37
NextNRG	$27.77 million	2.74	-$16.19 million	($2.02)	-0.28

NextNRG has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bloom Energy. Bloom Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NextNRG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.11, indicating that its stock price is 211% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextNRG has a beta of -0.53, indicating that its stock price is 153% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bloom Energy and NextNRG’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloom Energy	-4.37%	7.88%	1.74%
NextNRG	-85.79%	N/A	-270.09%

Summary

Bloom Energy beats NextNRG on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bloom Energy

Bloom Energy Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, and installs solid-oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation in the United States and internationally. The company offers Bloom Energy Server, a solid oxide technology that converts fuel, such as natural gas, biogas, hydrogen, or a blend of these fuels into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion. It sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to utilities, data centers, agriculture, retail, hospitals, higher education, biotech, and manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Ion America Corp. and changed its name to Bloom Energy Corporation in 2006. Bloom Energy Corporation was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

About NextNRG

NextNRG, Inc. engages in the provision of fuel delivery services. It provides app-based interface customers with the ability to select the time and location of their fueling. It offers diesel, red diesel, and REC-90. The company was founded by Yehuda Levy and Michael D. Farkas on March 28, 2019 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.