OPTT vs. PCYO, GWRS, NOVA, RGCO, SUUN, SLNG, WAVE, SPRU, CETY, and CGBS
Should you be buying Ocean Power Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ocean Power Technologies include Pure Cycle (PCYO), Global Water Resources (GWRS), Sunnova Energy International (NOVA), RGC Resources (RGCO), SolarBank (SUUN), Stabilis Solutions (SLNG), Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE), Spruce Power (SPRU), Clean Energy Technologies (CETY), and Crown LNG (CGBS). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Ocean Power Technologies vs.
Ocean Power Technologies (NASDAQ:OPTT) and Pure Cycle (NASDAQ:PCYO) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Ocean Power Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Pure Cycle. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ocean Power Technologies and 0 mentions for Pure Cycle. Ocean Power Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Pure Cycle's score of 0.59 indicating that Ocean Power Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pure Cycle has a net margin of 46.32% compared to Ocean Power Technologies' net margin of -304.91%. Pure Cycle's return on equity of 10.54% beat Ocean Power Technologies' return on equity.
Pure Cycle has higher revenue and earnings than Ocean Power Technologies. Ocean Power Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pure Cycle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ocean Power Technologies has a beta of 2.58, indicating that its share price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pure Cycle has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
11.9% of Ocean Power Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of Pure Cycle shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Ocean Power Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Pure Cycle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ocean Power Technologies received 27 more outperform votes than Pure Cycle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.85% of users gave Ocean Power Technologies an outperform vote while only 67.66% of users gave Pure Cycle an outperform vote.
Summary
Pure Cycle beats Ocean Power Technologies on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OPTT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
