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OPAL Fuels (OPAL) Competitors

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$3.15 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

OPAL vs. CEPU, ENLT, CTRI, KEN, NEP, EDN, NNE, NGL, AMPS, and MNTK

Should you be buying OPAL Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OPAL Fuels include Central Puerto (CEPU), Enlight Renewable Energy (ENLT), Centuri (CTRI), Kenon (KEN), NextEra Energy Partners (NEP), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), Nano Nuclear Energy (NNE), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Altus Power (AMPS), and Montauk Renewables (MNTK). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

OPAL Fuels vs.

Central Puerto (NYSE:CEPU) and OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Central Puerto has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPAL Fuels has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Central Puerto has a net margin of 56.44% compared to OPAL Fuels' net margin of 3.30%. Central Puerto's return on equity of 22.76% beat OPAL Fuels' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Central Puerto56.44% 22.76% 14.97%
OPAL Fuels 3.30%-4.08%1.72%

3.0% of Central Puerto shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Central Puerto shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 84.4% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Central Puerto received 103 more outperform votes than OPAL Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.00% of users gave OPAL Fuels an outperform vote while only 56.34% of users gave Central Puerto an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Central PuertoOutperform Votes
120
56.34%
Underperform Votes
93
43.66%
OPAL FuelsOutperform Votes
17
68.00%
Underperform Votes
8
32.00%

Central Puerto has higher revenue and earnings than OPAL Fuels. Central Puerto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OPAL Fuels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Central Puerto$1.20B1.68$562.57M$2.555.20
OPAL Fuels$256.11M2.13$29.95M$0.1817.50

In the previous week, OPAL Fuels had 4 more articles in the media than Central Puerto. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for OPAL Fuels and 2 mentions for Central Puerto. OPAL Fuels' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Central Puerto's score of 0.70 indicating that OPAL Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Central Puerto
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
OPAL Fuels
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Central Puerto currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.57%. OPAL Fuels has a consensus price target of $7.90, indicating a potential upside of 150.79%. Given OPAL Fuels' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OPAL Fuels is more favorable than Central Puerto.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Central Puerto
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
OPAL Fuels
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

OPAL Fuels beats Central Puerto on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OPAL vs. The Competition

MetricOPAL FuelsGas & other services combined IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$566.88M$10.26B$9.02B$8.96B
Dividend YieldN/A3.49%11.57%4.04%
P/E Ratio17.5022.7113.4217.30
Price / Sales2.132.6249.0278.69
Price / Cash21.3513.8811.6235.97
Price / Book-1.152.394.384.79
Net Income$29.95M$568.26M$951.08M$225.07M
7 Day Performance-3.96%1.46%2.26%1.52%
1 Month Performance-0.32%6.32%11.76%4.69%
1 Year Performance-35.05%-5.16%471.01%20.91%

OPAL Fuels Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OPAL
OPAL Fuels
3.0784 of 5 stars
$3.15
flat
$7.90
+150.8%
-36.0%$566.88M$256.11M17.50270Positive News
CEPU
Central Puerto
3.3052 of 5 stars
$14.17
-6.2%
$12.00
-15.3%
+47.4%$2.15B$364.24B5.561,181Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
ENLT
Enlight Renewable Energy
1.6916 of 5 stars
$16.65
-0.7%
$19.00
+14.1%
-0.1%$1.92B$358.42M37.84100Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
CTRI
Centuri
0.854 of 5 stars
$20.02
+1.6%
$18.40
-8.1%
N/A$1.77B$2.59B0.0012,572Short Interest ↑
KEN
Kenon
2.7863 of 5 stars
$32.37
+2.6%
N/A+41.2%$1.74B$742.80M10.12230Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
NEP
NextEra Energy Partners
4.6418 of 5 stars
$17.39
-3.7%
$24.64
+41.7%
-36.0%$1.63B$1.17B7.98N/AUpcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
EDN
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima
1.2199 of 5 stars
$33.91
-8.2%
N/A+87.3%$1.54B$943.39B6.606,647
NNE
Nano Nuclear Energy
3.2681 of 5 stars
$20.39
-20.5%
$58.00
+184.5%
N/A$746.21MN/A0.00N/APositive News
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NGL
NGL Energy Partners
2.5833 of 5 stars
$5.30
flat
N/A+5.4%$699.67M$6.24B-2.28840
AMPS
Altus Power
2.4464 of 5 stars
$4.01
+0.3%
$5.21
+30.0%
-32.7%$644.79M$185.99M18.2340
MNTK
Montauk Renewables
2.4063 of 5 stars
$3.97
-3.6%
$6.00
+51.1%
-43.4%$569.17M$194.85M24.81130News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:OPAL) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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