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Ormat Technologies (ORA) Competitors

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$67.52 +0.40 (+0.60%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

ORA vs. AES, GNE, NRG, ETR, AGR, EBR, TLN, PNW, KEP, and OGE

Should you be buying Ormat Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ormat Technologies include AES (AES), Genie Energy (GNE), NRG Energy (NRG), Entergy (ETR), Avangrid (AGR), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Talen Energy (TLN), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Korea Electric Power (KEP), and OGE Energy (OGE).

Ormat Technologies vs.

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

Ormat Technologies has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AES has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, AES had 8 more articles in the media than Ormat Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for AES and 8 mentions for Ormat Technologies. Ormat Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat AES's score of 0.47 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AES
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ormat Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $83.57, indicating a potential upside of 23.77%. AES has a consensus target price of $19.30, indicating a potential upside of 48.46%. 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
AES
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85

95.5% of Ormat Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of AES shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Ormat Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AES shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 56.81% of users gave Ormat Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ormat TechnologiesOutperform Votes
296
56.81%
Underperform Votes
225
43.19%
AESOutperform Votes
395
62.11%
Underperform Votes
241
37.89%

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 Technologies13.33% 5.27% 2.40%
AES 8.34%27.30%3.76%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ormat Technologies$890.25M4.59$124.40M$1.9634.45
AES$12.28B0.75$249M$1.449.03

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 $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Ormat Technologies pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AES pays out 48.6% 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.

Summary

AES beats Ormat Technologies on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ORA vs. The Competition

MetricOrmat TechnologiesElectric services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.08B$13.71B$7.92B$19.19B
Dividend Yield0.71%4.47%11.47%3.57%
P/E Ratio34.4514.9015.7441.24
Price / Sales4.598,033.46111.3717.58
Price / Cash12.628.7312.1021.28
Price / Book1.672.153.675.32
Net Income$124.40M$666.62M$953.41M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-6.87%-1.63%-3.34%-3.59%
1 Month Performance-14.94%2.06%-4.41%-2.48%
1 Year Performance-8.20%36.36%412.26%13.87%

Ormat Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ORA
Ormat Technologies
4.2793 of 5 stars
$67.52
+0.6%
$83.57
+23.8%
-8.2%$4.08B$890.25M34.451,576Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
AES
AES
4.9809 of 5 stars
$13.19
-1.2%
$19.30
+46.3%
-29.2%$9.38B$12.67B9.279,600Analyst Revision
GNE
Genie Energy
1.1617 of 5 stars
$14.63
+0.5%
N/A-48.0%$397.94M$427.22M103.93190
NRG
NRG Energy
4.6977 of 5 stars
$95.19
+0.2%
$102.71
+7.9%
+83.2%$19.28B$28.12B23.8618,131Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.7164 of 5 stars
$75.46
+1.6%
$77.40
+2.6%
+50.8%$16.18B$12.15B9.0412,177Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
AGR
Avangrid
3.3493 of 5 stars
$35.71
+0.3%
$34.67
-2.9%
+12.1%$13.82B$8.31B12.237,999News Coverage
EBR
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás
1.0442 of 5 stars
$5.84
-1.0%
N/A-30.3%$13.44B$38.08B0.008,328News Coverage
TLN
Talen Energy
2.5169 of 5 stars
$213.26
+2.8%
$222.40
+4.3%
+223.1%$10.84B$2.55B11.112,118Positive News
Gap Down
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.8396 of 5 stars
$86.90
-0.7%
$84.65
-2.6%
+20.1%$9.88B$5.02B16.586,133
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.8069 of 5 stars
$7.53
+1.5%
N/A+1.0%$9.67B$91.66T3.4448,696News Coverage
OGE
OGE Energy
3.7552 of 5 stars
$42.17
+0.3%
$40.50
-4.0%
+17.8%$8.47B$2.67B21.922,329Analyst Revision
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ORA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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