MNTK vs. OPAL, VTS, DEC, TXO, NR, NGL, CAPL, DRQ, EFXT, and METC
Should you be buying Montauk Renewables stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Montauk Renewables include OPAL Fuels (OPAL), Vitesse Energy (VTS), Diversified Energy (DEC), TXO Partners (TXO), Newpark Resources (NR), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), Dril-Quip (DRQ), Enerflex (EFXT), and Ramaco Resources (METC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) and Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
Montauk Renewables has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Montauk Renewables' net margin of 9.23%. OPAL Fuels' return on equity of 8.44% beat Montauk Renewables' return on equity.
12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.4% of Montauk Renewables shares are owned by institutional investors. 84.4% of OPAL Fuels shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Montauk Renewables shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
OPAL Fuels has higher revenue and earnings than Montauk Renewables. OPAL Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montauk Renewables, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OPAL Fuels received 2 more outperform votes than Montauk Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.43% of users gave OPAL Fuels an outperform vote while only 35.14% of users gave Montauk Renewables an outperform vote.
OPAL Fuels has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montauk Renewables has a beta of -0.4, indicating that its stock price is 140% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, OPAL Fuels had 6 more articles in the media than Montauk Renewables. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for OPAL Fuels and 2 mentions for Montauk Renewables. OPAL Fuels' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Montauk Renewables' score of 1.17 indicating that Montauk Renewables is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OPAL Fuels currently has a consensus price target of $8.67, indicating a potential upside of 72.64%. Montauk Renewables has a consensus price target of $7.83, indicating a potential upside of 49.21%. Given Montauk Renewables' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe OPAL Fuels is more favorable than Montauk Renewables.
Summary
OPAL Fuels beats Montauk Renewables on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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