OPTT vs. WAVE, HLGN, KEP, EE, PEGI, AY, OTTR, ORA, NEE, and SO
Should you be buying Ocean Power Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ocean Power Technologies include Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE), Heliogen (HLGN), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Excelerate Energy (EE), Pattern Energy Group (PEGI), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), Otter Tail (OTTR), Ormat Technologies (ORA), NextEra Energy (NEE), and Southern (SO).
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (NASDAQ:WAVE) and Ocean Power Technologies (NASDAQ:OPTT) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ocean Power Technologies. Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ocean Power Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) and Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) both had 5 articles in the media. Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ)'s average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Ocean Power Technologies' score of 0.72 indicating that Ocean Power Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ocean Power Technologies received 209 more outperform votes than Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) when rated by MarketBeat users.
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ)'s net margin of -614.25%. Ocean Power Technologies' return on equity of -21.67% beat Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ)'s return on equity.
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) has a beta of -0.95, meaning that its share price is 195% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ocean Power Technologies has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.
0.6% of Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Ocean Power Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 31.3% of Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ocean Power Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) beats Ocean Power Technologies on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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