Company Analysis

NET Power Inc. (NPWR)

NYSE: NPWR · Electrical Industrial Apparatus · Durham, NC · filing with the SEC since 2021
Grade4.4
◀ Past 2.8● Present 3.0▶ Future 7.8
5 est.

The grade of NET Power Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.4/10
◀ Past2.830% of the headline
● Present3.040% of the headline
▶ Future7.830% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 4 read as filed from the record and 5 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

2.8/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
5.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2021; the latest 2025-03-21.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

NET Power Inc.'s filings since 2021 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2022-02-24); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-03-21) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

3 filed years; profitable in 0 of 3.

weight 45% of this tense · 21st percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

NET Power Inc.'s 3 filed years say what it did: it rose in 0 of 2 years; the deepest fall was 100% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 0 of 3 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 7% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 36% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak100.0%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
0.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.7/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 7th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 7% of 8 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 8 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: NET Power Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.7 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 7% of 8 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.0/1040% of the headline grade · 1 of 3 filed, 2 estimated

Financial health

as filed
3.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -284%: lost 284¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 66%: owes 66¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, NET Power Inc. lost about 284 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 0 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 66 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 7.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 44% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 7% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 44% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

SI estimate
3.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

SI estimate 3.1/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
No filed revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 7 members with one.
What the record cannot read
No filed revenue on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 7 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: NET Power Inc.'s industry position is put at 3.1 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because no filed revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 7 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Leadership

SI estimate
2.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 2.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 25th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 25% of 8 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2023-06-08 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 3.4 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2023-06-08 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 3.4 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 8 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: NET Power Inc.'s leadership is put at 2.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 25% of 8 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2023-06-08 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 3.4 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

7.8/1030% of the headline grade · 1 of 3 filed, 2 estimated

Room to expand

SI estimate
8.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

SI estimate 8.1/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 45% of this tense · 81st percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 19% of 8 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash less debt against assets, the one part on file, ranked among 8 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: NET Power Inc.'s room to expand is put at 8.1 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 19% of 8 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Growth drivers

as filed
9.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 7% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 93rd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

NET Power Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: research spending grew 55.9% a year (top 7%); capital spending grew 560.7% a year (top 7%) (its annual reports). NET Power Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth of research spending55.9%top 7% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending560.7%top 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
5.0/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 6 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
family median, 6 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: NET Power Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 6 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton NPWR · research, not advice