ORA vs. BEPC, CWEN, NEP, AY, RNW, ENLT, CEPU, HP, WHD, and ERF
Should you be buying Ormat Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ormat Technologies include Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), NextEra Energy Partners (NEP), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), ReNew Energy Global (RNW), Enlight Renewable Energy (ENLT), Central Puerto (CEPU), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Cactus (WHD), and Enerplus (ERF). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) and Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment.
Ormat Technologies received 277 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.75% of users gave Ormat Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.17% of users gave Brookfield Renewable an outperform vote.
Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ormat Technologies has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ormat Technologies has a net margin of 15.00% compared to Ormat Technologies' net margin of 12.23%. Brookfield Renewable's return on equity of 5.09% beat Ormat Technologies' return on equity.
75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Ormat Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ormat Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Brookfield Renewable presently has a consensus target price of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.67%. Ormat Technologies has a consensus target price of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.00%. Given Brookfield Renewable's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ormat Technologies is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.
In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable had 11 more articles in the media than Ormat Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Brookfield Renewable and 5 mentions for Ormat Technologies. Ormat Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Brookfield Renewable's score of 0.39 indicating that Brookfield Renewable is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ormat Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ormat Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Ormat Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -443.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ormat Technologies pays out 23.0% 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. Brookfield Renewable is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Ormat Technologies beats Brookfield Renewable on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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