Critical Contrast: NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) & CBRE Acquisition (OTCMKTS:CBAHU)

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) and CBRE Acquisition (OTCMKTS:CBAHU) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for NextEra Energy and CBRE Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NextEra Energy	0	7	7	0	2.50
CBRE Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00

NextEra Energy presently has a consensus price target of $86.85, suggesting a potential upside of 13.84%. Given NextEra Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NextEra Energy is more favorable than CBRE Acquisition.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

78.7% of NextEra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of NextEra Energy shares 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.

Profitability

This table compares NextEra Energy and CBRE Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NextEra Energy	26.49%	11.94%	3.86%
CBRE Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares NextEra Energy and CBRE Acquisition”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NextEra Energy	$28.11 billion	5.58	$7.31 billion	$3.38	22.57
CBRE Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

NextEra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than CBRE Acquisition.

Summary

NextEra Energy beats CBRE Acquisition on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NextEra Energy

NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. The company generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear,natural gas, and other clean energy. It also develops, constructs, and operates long-term contracted assets that consists of clean energy solutions, such as renewable generation facilities, battery storage projects, and electric transmission facilities; sells energy commodities; and owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets. The company had approximately 33,276 megawatts of net generating capacity; approximately 90,000 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines; and 883 substations. It serves approximately 12 million people through approximately 5.9 million customer accounts in the east and lower west coasts of Florida. The company was formerly known as FPL Group, Inc. and changed its name to NextEra Energy, Inc. in 2010. NextEra Energy, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida.

About CBRE Acquisition

Altus Power, Inc. operates as a clean electrification company in the United States. It is involved in the on-site solar generation for commercial, industrial, and public customers; community solar; energy storage; and electric vehicle charging businesses. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.