Head to Head Survey: New Fortress Energy (NFE) & Its Peers

New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) is one of 1,051 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare New Fortress Energy to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares New Fortress Energy and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
New Fortress Energy	$1.27 billion	-$1.84 billion	-0.03
New Fortress Energy Competitors	$273.12 billion	$5.52 billion	-0.95

New Fortress Energy’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than New Fortress Energy. New Fortress Energy is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

New Fortress Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. New Fortress Energy pays out -0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.1% and pay out -125.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. New Fortress Energy lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares New Fortress Energy and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Fortress Energy	-149.40%	-795.34%	-17.27%
New Fortress Energy Competitors	-455.90%	20.13%	6.34%

Volatility & Risk

New Fortress Energy has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Fortress Energy’s rivals have a beta of -3.75, suggesting that their average stock price is 475% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

58.6% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for New Fortress Energy and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Fortress Energy	1	1	0	0	1.50
New Fortress Energy Competitors	5982	26999	40857	2423	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 28.66%. Given New Fortress Energy’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe New Fortress Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

New Fortress Energy rivals beat New Fortress Energy on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

New Fortress Energy Company Profile

New Fortress Energy Inc. operates as an integrated gas-to-power energy infrastructure company that provides energy and development services to end-users worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Terminals and Infrastructure, and Ships. The Terminals and Infrastructure segment engages in the natural gas procurement and liquefaction; and shipping, logistics, facilities and conversion, or development of natural gas-fired power generation. The Ships segment offers floating storage and regasification units (FRSU) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers which are leased to customers under long-term or spot arrangements. The company operates LNG storage and regasification facility at the Port of Montego Bay, Jamaica; marine LNG storage and regasification facility in Old Harbour, Jamaica; Dual-fired combined heat and power facility in Clarendon, Jamaica; landed micro-fuel handling facility in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and LNG receiving facility and gas-fired power plant in Baja Califrnia Sur, Mexico, as well as a Miami facility. New Fortress Energy Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in New York, New York.