Financial Contrast: Nextera Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP) vs. Spine Injury Solutions (OTCMKTS:SPIN)

Nextera Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP) and Spine Injury Solutions (OTCMKTS:SPIN) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

66.0% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Spine Injury Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.6% of Spine Injury Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Nextera Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.67 per share. Spine Injury Solutions pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Nextera Energy Partners pays out -3,670.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spine Injury Solutions pays out -2,686.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Nextera Energy Partners has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Profitability

This table compares Nextera Energy Partners and Spine Injury Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nextera Energy Partners	-0.73%	1.34%	0.85%
Spine Injury Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Nextera Energy Partners and Spine Injury Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nextera Energy Partners	2	0	0	0	1.00
Spine Injury Solutions	0	0	0	0	0.00

Nextera Energy Partners presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Nextera Energy Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nextera Energy Partners is more favorable than Spine Injury Solutions.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Nextera Energy Partners and Spine Injury Solutions”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nextera Energy Partners	$1.23 billion	0.00	-$10.00 million	($0.10)	N/A
Spine Injury Solutions	$30,000.00	356.16	-$810,000.00	($0.09)	-321.53

Spine Injury Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nextera Energy Partners. Spine Injury Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nextera Energy Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Nextera Energy Partners beats Spine Injury Solutions on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nextera Energy Partners

NextEra Energy Partners LP engages in the acquisition, management, and ownership of contracted clean energy projects with long-term cash flows. It owns interests in wind and solar projects in North America and natural gas infrastructure assets in Texas. The company was founded on March 6, 2014 and is headquartered in Juno Beach, FL.

About Spine Injury Solutions

Spine Injury Solutions, Inc. provides a suite of revolutionary electrical power generation technologies. The company intends to offer Evirontek Integrated Platform to the cryptocurrency mining industry to reduce the exorbitant high cost of electricity. It also provides spine injury diagnostic services; and owns, develops, and leases the Quad Video Halo video recording system used to record medical procedures. The company is based in Costa Mesa, California.