Critical Comparison: Fervo Energy (FRVO) and Its Peers

Fervo Energy (NASDAQ:FRVO) is one of 141 publicly-traded companies in the “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Fervo Energy to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Fervo Energy and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fervo Energy	$140,000.00	-$70.51 million	-3.37
Fervo Energy Competitors	$6.24 billion	$816.69 million	17.10

Fervo Energy’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Fervo Energy. Fervo Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Fervo Energy and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fervo Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fervo Energy Competitors	-37.00%	13.62%	0.71%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Fervo Energy and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fervo Energy	1	1	14	2	2.94
Fervo Energy Competitors	942	2957	3753	182	2.41

Fervo Energy presently has a consensus price target of $40.87, suggesting a potential upside of 196.14%. As a group, “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” companies have a potential upside of 146.13%. Given Fervo Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fervo Energy is more favorable than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

35.1% of shares of all “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of shares of all “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Fervo Energy peers beat Fervo Energy on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Fervo Energy Company Profile

Fervo Energy Company is a geothermal energy developer, builds, owns and operates geothermal power facilities. Fervo Energy Company is based in Houston, Texas.