Head to Head Survey: Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV) & CEZ, a. s. (OTCMKTS:CZAVF)

CEZ, a. s. (OTCMKTS:CZAVF) and Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

8.4% of CEZ, a. s. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Energy Vault shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Energy Vault shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for CEZ, a. s. and Energy Vault, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CEZ, a. s.	0	0	0	0	N/A
Energy Vault	2	0	4	0	2.33

Energy Vault has a consensus price target of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 112.26%. Given Energy Vault’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Vault is more favorable than CEZ, a. s..

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CEZ, a. s.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Energy Vault	-29.29%	-40.67%	-29.91%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CEZ, a. s. and Energy Vault”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CEZ, a. s.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Energy Vault	$301.97 million	0.52	-$98.44 million	($0.60)	-1.77

CEZ, a. s. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Energy Vault.

Summary

Energy Vault beats CEZ, a. s. on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CEZ, a. s.

CEZ, a. s. engages in the generation, distribution, trade, and sale of electricity and heat in Western, Central, and Southeastern Europe. The company operates through four segments: Generation, Distribution, Sales, and Mining. It operates hydro, wind, solar, nuclear, coal, natural gas, biogas, and biomass power plants; and combined cycle gas turbine plant and small combined heat and power units. The company is also involved in the trade and sale of natural gas; mining of coal; quarrying and processing of construction aggregates and limestones; commodity trading business; and provision of energy services. It also holds interest in the lithium ore mining project in Cínovec. CEZ, a. s. was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Prague, the Czech Republic.

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.