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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
OPAL Fuels beats Central Puerto on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OPAL) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff