Financial Review: Fervo Energy (FRVO) versus The Competition

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Fervo Energy and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fervo Energy	$312,000.00	-$70.51 million	-2.26
Fervo Energy Competitors	$8.46 billion	$801.06 million	15.31

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Fervo Energy and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fervo Energy	1	1	14	2	2.94
Fervo Energy Competitors	954	2967	3763	182	2.40

Fervo Energy presently has a consensus price target of $40.87, suggesting a potential upside of 340.85%. As a group, “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” companies have a potential upside of 150.92%. Given Fervo Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fervo Energy is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Fervo Energy and its peers’ 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

35.1% of shares of all “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of shares of all “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

Fervo Energy Company Profile

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