Head-To-Head Survey: New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) & C3is (NASDAQ:CISS)

New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) and C3is (NASDAQ:CISS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

New Fortress Energy has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C3is has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for New Fortress Energy and C3is, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Fortress Energy	1	1	0	0	1.50
C3is	1	0	0	0	1.00

Institutional & Insider Ownership

58.6% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of C3is shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares New Fortress Energy and C3is”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New Fortress Energy	$1.27 billion	0.03	-$1.84 billion	($135.00)	-0.05
C3is	$34.76 million	0.04	$10.47 million	$4,138.37	0.00

C3is has lower revenue, but higher earnings than New Fortress Energy. New Fortress Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than C3is, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares New Fortress Energy and C3is’ 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%
C3is	41.33%	14.94%	13.24%

Summary

C3is beats New Fortress Energy on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About New Fortress Energy

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.

About C3is

C3is Inc. offers international seaborne transportation services. It provides its services to dry bulk charterers, including national and private industrial users, commodity producers and traders, oil producers, refineries, and commodities traders and producers. The company owns and operates a fleet of two drybulk carriers, which transport major bulks, such as iron ore, coal and grains, as well as minor bulks comprising bauxite, phosphate, and fertilizers, and one Aframax crude oil tanker that transports crude oil. C3is Inc. was founded in 2021 and is based in Athens, Greece.