NET Power Inc. (NPWR)Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | Durham, United States | NYSE
1.45 USD
-0.11
(-7.051%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 6:58 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fundamentally broken. Despite a 'strong buy' analyst recommendation and a pristine balance sheet with negligible debt, the company is bleeding cash aggressively, reporting negative free cash flow and negative operating cash flow while posting widening losses. The price has collapsed nearly 66% over the last three years, driven by a brutal streak of consecutive annual declines. This is not a value trap; it is a distressed asset where the market has correctly priced out the business model's failure to generate revenue or cash. The massive options positioning at distant strikes ($5-$7.50) is a lottery ticket play on a miraculous turnaround, not a rational investment thesis. With no dividend to provide income and fundamentals deteriorating rapidly, this security warrants avoidance. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.084583 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.090309 |
| MSTL | 0.090897 |
| AutoETS | 0.091058 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 40% |
| H-stat | 0.03 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.072 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.29 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 0.685 |
| Market Cap | 128,156,512 |
| Forward P/E | -5.91 |
| Beta | 1.06 |
| Website | https://www.netpower.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 6:58 a.m. EDT: Options activity reveals a distinct 'long gamma' setup with massive open interest in out-of-the-money calls at strikes like $5.00 and $7.50, suggesting a speculative bet on a massive, unlikely recovery. Conversely, put writing is concentrated at lower strikes ($1.50-$2.00), creating a floor that limits downside but offers little protection against further collapse. The lack of significant volume in deep OTM puts indicates the market is pricing in a binary event rather than a steady decline.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.5063291 |
| Address1 | 320 Roney Street |
| Address2 | Suite 200 |
| All Time High | 17.62 |
| All Time Low | 1.455 |
| Ask | 1.53 |
| Ask Size | 5,500 |
| Audit Risk | 7 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.5 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 778,360 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 833,109 |
| Average Volume | 833,109 |
| Average Volume10Days | 778,360 |
| Beta | 1.062 |
| Bid | 1.41 |
| Bid Size | 1,400 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 2.332 |
| City | Durham |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.45 |
| Current Ratio | 23.823 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 1.57 |
| Day Low | 1.45 |
| Debt To Equity | 0.685 |
| Display Name | NET Power |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,589,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,589,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,529,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,392,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,392,000 |
| Ebitda | -245,272,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -0.555 |
| Enterprise Value | 136,245,504 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.28996 |
| Eps Forward | -0.24522 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -5.91 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 1.8588 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.4088 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.21992683 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -50.63291 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 5.2 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.7499998 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.72115386 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.45 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.0 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.45 - 5.2 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,628,256,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 46,154,021 |
| Forward Eps | -0.24522 |
| Forward P E | -5.913058 |
| Free Cashflow | -107,981,752 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 54 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.0 |
| Gross Profits | -68,893,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.49999002 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.40853 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 88,383,801 |
| Industry | Specialty Industrial Machinery |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Industrial Machinery |
| Industry Key | specialty-industrial-machinery |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | NET Power Inc. operates as an energy technology company in the United States. Its technology includes oxy-combustion cycle, a power generation system designed to produce electricity from natural gas while capturing atmospheric emissions. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. |
| Long Name | NET Power Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 128,156,512 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_208444566 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -469,135,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 128,156,511 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 1.57 |
| Operating Cashflow | -151,512,992 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 919 287 4750 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.07999992 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 5.5172358 |
| Pre Market Price | 1.53 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,027,826 |
| Previous Close | 1.56 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -5.00069 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.6217839 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 23.655 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.5 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.11 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -7.05128 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1.57 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.45 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.45 - 1.57 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.57 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.56 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.45 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,802 |
| Regular Market Volume | 646,429 |
| Return On Assets | -0.13387 |
| Return On Equity | -1.14458 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 6 |
| Shares Outstanding | 88,383,801 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0251 |
| Shares Short | 2,218,873 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,305,374 |
| Short Name | NET Power Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.040999997 |
| Short Ratio | 2.61 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NC |
| Symbol | NPWR |
| Target High Price | 4.0 |
| Target Low Price | 2.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 3.125 |
| Target Median Price | 3.0 |
| Total Cash | 308,012,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.485 |
| Total Debt | 3,550,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -5.91 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.35985 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.9098499 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.38555413 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 646,429 |
| Website | https://www.netpower.com |
| Zip | 27,701 |