Contrasting Green Impact Partners (OTCMKTS:GIPIF) and NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG)

Green Impact Partners (OTCMKTS:GIPIF) and NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Green Impact Partners and NRG Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Green Impact Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NRG Energy	$30.71 billion	0.76	$864.00 million	$3.78	29.39

NRG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Green Impact Partners.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Green Impact Partners and NRG Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Green Impact Partners	0	0	0	0	0.00
NRG Energy	0	4	10	1	2.80

NRG Energy has a consensus price target of $198.43, indicating a potential upside of 78.59%. Given NRG Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NRG Energy is more favorable than Green Impact Partners.

Profitability

This table compares Green Impact Partners and NRG Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Green Impact Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A
NRG Energy	2.56%	52.95%	4.29%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.7% of NRG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of NRG Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

NRG Energy beats Green Impact Partners on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Green Impact Partners

Green Impact Partners Inc. provides water, waste, and solids treatment and recycling services in North America. The company operates in two segments, Water & Solids Recycling & Energy Product Optimization; and Clean Energy Production. It operates a portfolio of water and solids treatment and recycling facilities. The company also acquires, develops, builds, and operates renewable natural gas (RNG) projects; and distributes RNG, biofuel, and hydrogen. It serves customers in the agriculture, forestry, government, midstream, public infrastructure, oil and gas production, potash, and utilities sectors. The company is based in Calgary, Canada.

About NRG Energy

NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy and home services company in the United States and Canada. It operates through Texas; East; West/Services/Other; Vivint Smart Home; and Corporate Activities segments. The company produces and sells electricity generated using coal, oil, solar, and battery storage; natural gas; and a cloud-based home platform, including hardware, software, sales, installation, customer service, technical support, and professional monitoring solutions. It offers retail electricity and energy management, line and surge protection products, HVAC installation, repair and maintenance, home protection products, carbon offsets, back-up power stations, portable power, portable solar, and portable lighting; retail services comprising demand response, commodity sales, energy efficiency, and energy management solutions; and system power, distributed generation, renewable and low-carbon products, carbon management and specialty services, backup generation, storage and distributed solar, and energy advisory services. In addition, the company trades in power, natural gas, and related commodities; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps. It offers its products and services under the NRG, Reliant, Direct Energy, Green Mountain Energy, and Vivint. It serves residential, commercial, government, industrial, and wholesale customers. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.