NET Power Inc. (NPWR)Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | Durham, United States | NYSE
1.64 USD
-0.03
(-1.796%) ⇩
(April 21, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:01 a.m. EDT
NET Power is a value trap with deteriorating fundamentals. Despite a high options strike positioning targeting $5-$7, the stock carries a negative forecast (-14%), destroyed earnings (-7.34 EPS), and negative cash flow. The technicals are weak, trading significantly below its 200-day average with no dividend yield. The market is pricing in a speculative 'blow-off' upside via options, but the underlying business metrics warrant an 'avoid' rating for both short and long-term investors. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.181884 |
| AutoETS | 0.250257 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.250257 |
| MSTL | 0.259401 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 45% |
| H-stat | 7.85 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.331 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.08 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 0.707 |
| Market Cap | 138,888,208 |
| Forward P/E | -6.44 |
| Beta | 0.92 |
| Website | https://www.netpower.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:01 a.m. EDT: Options positioning shows extreme skew towards high strikes. Call holders have placed massive Open Interest (OI) at strikes $5.00 and $7.50 for out-of-the-money expirations, suggesting a binary speculative bet on massive upside. Conversely, put activity is concentrated in-the-money at lower strikes ($1.00, $1.50) with very low OI at higher protective strikes. This indicates speculators are betting on a limited downside but a significant long-term re-rating, though current IVs are compressed.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.14795917 |
| Address1 | 320 Roney Street |
| Address2 | Suite 200 |
| All Time High | 17.62 |
| All Time Low | 1.455 |
| Ask | 1.64 |
| Ask Size | 4,000 |
| Audit Risk | 7 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 570,140 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 767,660 |
| Average Volume | 767,660 |
| Average Volume10Days | 570,140 |
| Beta | 0.915 |
| Bid | 1.63 |
| Bid Size | 6,400 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 2.428 |
| City | Durham |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.64 |
| Current Ratio | 7.242 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 1.715 |
| Day Low | 1.625 |
| Debt To Equity | 0.707 |
| 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 | 1,778,529,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,529,600 |
| Ebitda | -265,731,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -0.522 |
| Enterprise Value | 138,622,848 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.2954 |
| Eps Forward | -0.25485 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -7.34 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 1.8052 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.1652 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.0915134 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -14.7959175 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 5.2 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.56 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.6846154 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.455 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.18499994 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.12714772 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.455 - 5.2 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,628,256,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 39,109,733 |
| Forward Eps | -0.25485 |
| Forward P E | -6.435158 |
| Free Cashflow | -71,510,872 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 54 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.0 |
| Gross Profits | -72,379,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.52633 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.41132998 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 84,687,931 |
| Industry | Specialty Industrial Machinery |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Industrial Machinery |
| Industry Key | specialty-industrial-machinery |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| 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 | 138,888,208 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_208444566 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -578,627,968 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 141,428,844 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 1.68 |
| Operating Cashflow | -120,784,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 919 287 4750 |
| Previous Close | 1.67 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -5.551794 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.67545307 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 7.148 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.029999971 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.7964056 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1.715 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.625 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.625 - 1.715 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.68 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.67 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.64 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,793,142 |
| Regular Market Volume | 323,331 |
| Return On Assets | -0.120740004 |
| Return On Equity | -1.24077 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 6 |
| Shares Outstanding | 84,687,931 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0252 |
| Shares Short | 2,132,939 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,402,195 |
| Short Name | NET Power Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.044299997 |
| Short Ratio | 2.57 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NC |
| Symbol | NPWR |
| Target High Price | 17.0 |
| Target Low Price | 2.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 6.625 |
| Target Median Price | 3.5 |
| Total Cash | 337,892,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.99 |
| Total Debt | 3,785,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -7.34 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.582 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.94200003 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.36483347 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 323,331 |
| Website | https://www.netpower.com |
| Zip | 27,701 |