ORA vs. CWEN, BEPC, NEP, AY, RNW, ENLT, CEPU, NOG, WHD, and ERF
Should you be buying Ormat Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ormat Technologies include Clearway Energy (CWEN), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), NextEra Energy Partners (NEP), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), ReNew Energy Global (RNW), Enlight Renewable Energy (ENLT), Central Puerto (CEPU), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Cactus (WHD), and Enerplus (ERF). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) and Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Ormat Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Clearway Energy pays out 243.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ormat Technologies pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clearway Energy has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Clearway Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
38.0% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Ormat Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Ormat Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ormat Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clearway Energy. Ormat Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearway Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ormat Technologies received 166 more outperform votes than Clearway Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.61% of users gave Ormat Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.35% of users gave Clearway Energy an outperform vote.
Clearway Energy presently has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.25%. Ormat Technologies has a consensus target price of $84.29, indicating a potential upside of 16.27%. Given Clearway Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ormat Technologies is more favorable than Clearway Energy.
In the previous week, Clearway Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Ormat Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Clearway Energy and 17 mentions for Ormat Technologies. Ormat Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Clearway Energy's score of 0.53 indicating that Clearway Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ormat Technologies has a net margin of 15.43% compared to Ormat Technologies' net margin of 5.97%. Clearway Energy's return on equity of 5.45% beat Ormat Technologies' return on equity.
Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ormat Technologies has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ormat Technologies beats Clearway Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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