Capstone Energy Plus vs Energy Recovery
CEPL and ERII side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CEPL and ERII compare
Energy Recovery is the larger company, worth 4.2 times as much as Capstone Energy Plus ($371M against $87.6M).
Capstone Energy Plus grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.4% versus −26.2% for Energy Recovery).
Energy Recovery keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.1% compared with 3.5% at Capstone Energy Plus.
Energy Recovery scores higher on the StockData Score (6 against 5 for Capstone Energy Plus), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CEPL | ERII |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $87.6M | $371M |
| Share price | $2.66 | $7.27 |
| Change, 1 year | −10.7% | −49.0% |
| Change, 5 years | – | −69.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | −0.49 | 1.32 |
| Employees | 115 | 230 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 80.8× |
| P/S | 0.9× (better) | 3.7× |
| P/B | – | 2.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.0× (better) | 60.9× |
| P/FCF | 30.5× | 11.5× (better) |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 8.7% (better) |
| Fair value | – | $4.46 |
| Margin of safety | – | −62.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.4% (better) | −26.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 9.4% (better) | 2.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −73.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −72.7% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −2.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 34.0% | 61.0% (better) |
| Operating margin | 4.4% (better) | 0.78% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 5.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 2.8% | 32.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 3.0% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 0.81% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.69 | – |
| Interest coverage | 1.1× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.00 | 7.22 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | −10.23 | 10.44 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | 7.1% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 7.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 0.30% | 86.0% |
| Held by insiders | 62.4% | 3.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $0 (better) | −$3.3M |
| Short interest, % of float | 12.8% | 5.9% |
Go deeper
- CEPL stock overview
- CEPL income statement
- CEPL valuation and score
- ERII stock overview
- ERII income statement
- ERII valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.