Head-To-Head Contrast: Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV) versus Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF)

Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) and Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

7.9% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Energy Vault shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of Energy Vault shares are owned by company 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Advantage Energy and Energy Vault, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Advantage Energy	0	3	4	1	2.75
Energy Vault	2	1	3	0	2.17

Energy Vault has a consensus target price of $2.67, indicating a potential downside of 16.09%. Given Energy Vault’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Energy Vault is more favorable than Advantage Energy.

Profitability

This table compares Advantage Energy and Energy Vault’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Advantage Energy	9.39%	3.75%	2.06%
Energy Vault	-172.61%	-119.98%	-53.04%

Volatility and Risk

Advantage Energy has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Vault has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Advantage Energy and Energy Vault”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Advantage Energy	$396.54 million	3.31	$15.85 million	$0.25	31.44
Energy Vault	$46.20 million	11.57	-$135.75 million	($0.95)	-3.35

Advantage Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Energy Vault. Energy Vault is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Advantage Energy beats Energy Vault on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Advantage Energy

Advantage Energy Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploitation, development, and production natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the Province of Alberta, Canada. Its assets are located approximately 4 to 80 km northwest of the city of Grande Prairie, Alberta. The company was formerly known as Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. and changed its name to Advantage Energy Ltd. in May 2021. Advantage Energy Ltd. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

About Energy Vault

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. develops and sells energy storage solutions. The company offers B-Vault, an electrochemical battery energy storage systems for shorter-duration energy storage needs; G-Vault, a proprietary gravity energy storage solution, including EVx solution; and H-Vault, a hybrid energy storage systems including systems that integrate green hydrogen. Its software solutions includes Vault-OS, an energy management system the management of one or more diverse storage mediums; Vault-Bidder that utilizes machine learning algorithms to match node-specific data with real-time weather and asset performance information; and Vault-Manager which designs to safeguard asset management and to help blend developing technologies seamlessly into existing solutions. Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. is based in Westlake Village, California.