Broadwind Energy, Inc. (BWEN) vs NET Power Inc. (NPWR)

Broadwind Energy, Inc. and NET Power Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. NET Power Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $247.4M against $84.2M — 2.9× the size. NET Power Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Broadwind Energy, Inc. trades at 14.3×. Broadwind Energy, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 37.1% against −40.5%. Broadwind Energy, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.31% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.9% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Broadwind Energy, Inc. leads on 11 and NET Power Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric BWEN NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 14.26 n/m 28.39
P/S 0.47 235.75 2.70
P/B 1.17 1.06 3.02
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 23.32
EV/EBITDA 4.00 n/m 15.39
EV/Sales 0.42 (586.50) 2.81
Earnings yield 7.01% (644.00%) 3.12%
Free cash flow yield (24.76%) (189.28%) 3.24%

Profitability

Metric BWEN NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 11.69% 57.60% 35.90%
Operating margin 6.66% 0.00% 11.22%
Net margin 3.31% 0.00% 7.80%
Free cash flow margin (11.56%) 0.00% 9.51%
Return on equity 8.76% (149.00%) 10.50%
Return on assets 4.51% (49.00%) 4.60%
Return on invested capital 12.91% 0.00% 5.36%

Growth

Metric BWEN NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 37.06% (40.48%) 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 360.00% (995.52%) 4.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.45%) — 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 5.04%

Health

Metric BWEN NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.07 0.00 0.35
Current ratio 2.72 17.80 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 0.48 1.56 1.32

Dividend

Metric BWEN NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield — — 1.10%
Payout ratio — — 0.31

Size

Metric BWEN NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 84.22m 247.35m 1.91b

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