Ormat Technologies (ORA) Competitors

Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) and AES (NYSE:AES) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ORA or AES?

AES received 99 more outperform votes than Ormat Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.11% of users gave AES an outperform vote while only 56.70% of users gave Ormat Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ormat Technologies	Outperform Votes 296 56.70%	Underperform Votes 226 43.30%
AES	Outperform Votes 395 62.11%	Underperform Votes 241 37.89%

Is ORA or AES a better dividend stock?

Ormat Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. AES pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Ormat Technologies pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AES pays out 47.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. AES has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. AES is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ORA or AES?

AES has higher revenue and earnings than Ormat Technologies. AES is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ormat Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ormat Technologies	$829.42M	4.89	$124.40M	$1.96	34.23
AES	$12.67B	0.66	$249M	$1.44	8.23

Do analysts recommend ORA or AES?

Ormat Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $82.25, suggesting a potential upside of 22.60%. AES has a consensus price target of $19.30, suggesting a potential upside of 62.94%. Given AES's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AES is more favorable than Ormat Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ormat Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
AES	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Is ORA or AES more profitable?

Ormat Technologies has a net margin of 13.33% compared to AES's net margin of 8.34%. AES's return on equity of 27.30% beat Ormat Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ormat Technologies	13.33%	5.27%	2.40%
AES	8.34%	27.30%	3.76%

Does the media refer more to ORA or AES?

In the previous week, AES had 22 more articles in the media than Ormat Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for AES and 2 mentions for Ormat Technologies. Ormat Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat AES's score of 0.38 indicating that Ormat Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ormat Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AES	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ORA or AES?

95.5% of Ormat Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of AES shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ormat Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AES shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, ORA or AES?

Ormat Technologies has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AES has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Summary

AES beats Ormat Technologies on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.