Capstone Energy+, Inc. (CEPL) vs NET Power Inc. (NPWR)

Capstone Energy+, Inc. and NET Power Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. NET Power Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $187.1M against $101.5M — 1.8× the size. Capstone Energy+, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.38% against −40.5%. NET Power Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −65.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.00%). Across the 15 metrics below, Capstone Energy+, Inc. leads on 10 and NET Power Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CEPL NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E n/m n/m 27.03
P/S 0.95 179.17 2.74
P/B n/m 0.80 2.98
Price to free cash flow 34.18 n/m 23.64
EV/EBITDA 7.29 n/m 15.71
EV/Sales 0.65 (643.08) 2.85
Earnings yield (111.19%) (861.50%) 2.96%
Free cash flow yield 2.93% (249.06%) 3.39%

Profitability

Metric CEPL NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 34.03% 57.60% 35.77%
Operating margin 4.40% 0.00% 10.95%
Net margin (65.04%) 0.00% 8.02%
Free cash flow margin 2.79% 0.00% 9.04%
Return on equity 199.30% (149.00%) 11.03%
Return on assets (71.48%) (49.00%) 5.05%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 5.44%

Growth

Metric CEPL NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.38% (40.48%) 6.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (744.74%) (995.52%) 6.73%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.41% — 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 6.58%

Health

Metric CEPL NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity (0.02) 0.00 0.33
Current ratio 1.00 17.80 2.10
Net debt to EBITDA (3.59) 1.56 1.26

Dividend

Metric CEPL NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield — — 1.04%
Payout ratio — — 0.30

Size

Metric CEPL NPWR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 101.47m 187.10m 2.04b

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