Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. (NRGV) vs XPLR Infrastructure, LP (XIFR)

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. and XPLR Infrastructure, LP are both Utilities Renewable companies. XPLR Infrastructure, LP is the larger, with a market value of $2.0B against $781.9M — 2.6× the size. Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; XPLR Infrastructure, LP trades at 16.2×. Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 336.8% against −2.83%. XPLR Infrastructure, LP has the higher net margin (5.16% vs −48.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −32.5%). Across the 17 metrics below, XPLR Infrastructure, LP leads on 12 and Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric NRGV XIFR Utilities Renewable median
P/E n/m 16.23 18.99
P/S 3.47 0.83 2.58
P/B 114.29 0.09 1.38
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 5.71
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.99 16.32
EV/Sales 4.07 5.43 5.43
Earnings yield (15.00%) 6.16% (12.46%)
Free cash flow yield (18.47%) (41.11%) (21.58%)

Profitability

Metric NRGV XIFR Utilities Renewable median
Gross margin 22.47% 100.00% 41.45%
Operating margin (32.84%) 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin (48.58%) 5.16% (0.87%)
Free cash flow margin (64.08%) (34.03%) (9.23%)
Return on equity (225.87%) 0.57% 0.00%
Return on assets (35.43%) 0.31% (2.61%)
Return on invested capital (32.53%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric NRGV XIFR Utilities Renewable median
Revenue growth (TTM) 336.76% (2.83%) 10.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 28.57% (172.73%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 5.31% 6.29%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NRGV XIFR Utilities Renewable median
Debt to equity 35.44 0.57 0.59
Current ratio 1.19 1.27 1.16
Net debt to EBITDA (0.46) 11.37 2.66

Dividend

Metric NRGV XIFR Utilities Renewable median
Dividend yield — 12.82% 5.61%
Payout ratio 0.00 1.92 0.00

Size

Metric NRGV XIFR Utilities Renewable median
Market cap 781.91m 2.02b 239.67m

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