NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) and Spine Injury Solutions (OTCMKTS:SPIN) Critical Comparison

NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) and Spine Injury Solutions (OTCMKTS:SPIN) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.7% of NRG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Spine Injury Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of NRG Energy 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Spine Injury Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. NRG Energy pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spine Injury Solutions pays out -953.3% 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. Spine Injury Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares NRG Energy 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
NRG Energy	$28.13 billion	0.69	-$202.00 million	$4.90	20.10
Spine Injury Solutions	$30,000.00	513,153.32	-$810,000.00	($0.09)	-324.45

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NRG Energy	3.43%	48.96%	4.73%
Spine Injury Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for NRG Energy and Spine Injury Solutions, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NRG Energy	0	2	5	0	2.71
Spine Injury Solutions	0	0	0	0	0.00

NRG Energy presently has a consensus price target of $123.29, indicating a potential upside of 25.16%. Given NRG Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe NRG Energy is more favorable than Spine Injury Solutions.

Summary

NRG Energy beats Spine Injury Solutions on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NRG Energy

NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy and home services company in the United States and Canada. It operates through Texas; East; West/Services/Other; Vivint Smart Home; and Corporate Activities segments. The company produces and sells electricity generated using coal, oil, solar, and battery storage; natural gas; and a cloud-based home platform, including hardware, software, sales, installation, customer service, technical support, and professional monitoring solutions. It offers retail electricity and energy management, line and surge protection products, HVAC installation, repair and maintenance, home protection products, carbon offsets, back-up power stations, portable power, portable solar, and portable lighting; retail services comprising demand response, commodity sales, energy efficiency, and energy management solutions; and system power, distributed generation, renewable and low-carbon products, carbon management and specialty services, backup generation, storage and distributed solar, and energy advisory services. In addition, the company trades in power, natural gas, and related commodities; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps. It offers its products and services under the NRG, Reliant, Direct Energy, Green Mountain Energy, and Vivint. It serves residential, commercial, government, industrial, and wholesale customers. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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.