Ormat Technologies (ORA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Ormat Technologies, Inc. is a renewable energy company that develops, owns, and operates geothermal, recovered energy, and energy storage facilities. The company also designs and manufactures equipment used to generate electricity from geothermal resources and waste heat, including its Ormat Energy Converter systems.

Ormat’s geothermal activities include the exploration and development of geothermal resources, power plant construction, and long-term operation and maintenance. Its recovered energy business converts industrial waste heat and other low-temperature heat sources into electricity. Through its energy storage operations, the company provides grid-scale storage solutions that can support power reliability, flexibility, and integration of intermittent renewable generation.

Founded in 1965 by Lucien and Yudit Bronicki, Ormat began as an Israeli engineering and equipment company before expanding into geothermal project development and power generation. The company serves customers and operates projects in multiple regions, including the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and other international markets. Doron Blachar serves as Ormat’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $92.67 to $97.25
• 50-Day Range: $94.27 to $114.84
• 52-Week Range: $90.77 to $146.39
• Volume: 946,262 shs
• Average Volume: 860,991 shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.85 billion
• P/E Ratio: 46.86
• Dividend Yield: 0.50%
• Price Target: $130.75
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Ormat Technologies Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Ormat Technologies scored higher than 65% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 67th out of 97 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Ormat Technologies has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.57, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Ormat Technologies has a consensus price target of $130.75, representing about 36.8% upside from its current price of $95.57.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Ormat Technologies has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.88%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Ormat Technologies are expected to grow by 6.88% in the coming year, from $2.47 to $2.64 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Ormat Technologies is 47.11, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Ormat Technologies is 47.11, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 24.44.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Ormat Technologies has a PEG Ratio of 4.00. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Ormat Technologies has a P/B Ratio of 2.17. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

9.15% of the float of Ormat Technologies has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Ormat Technologies has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.72.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Ormat Technologies has recently increased by 0.80%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Ormat Technologies has a dividend yield of 0.49%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Ormat Technologies does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Ormat Technologies is 23.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Ormat Technologies will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.18% next year. This indicates that Ormat Technologies will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.64

News Sentiment

Ormat Technologies has a news sentiment score of 0.64. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for Ormat Technologies this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 6 people have searched for ORA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -54% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

18 people have added Ormat Technologies to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 38% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Ormat Technologies insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.50% of the stock of Ormat Technologies is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

95.49% of the stock of Ormat Technologies is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/2 Dividend: 8/19/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/2 Dividend: 8/19/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/02/2026
• Today: 9/11/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers
• Sub-Industry: Renewable Electricity
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ORA
• CIK: 1296445
• Web: www.ormat.com
• Phone: (775) 356-9029
• Fax: 775-356-9039
• Employees: 1,648
• Year Founded: 1965

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Ormat Technologies: $130.75
• High Price Target: $152.00
• Low Price Target: $112.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +37.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.57
• Research Coverage: 14 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.03
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 46.86
• Forward P/E Ratio: 38.51
• P/E Growth: 4
• Net Income: $123.90 million
• Net Margins: 10.66%
• Pretax Margin: 7.74%
• Return on Equity: 6.61%
• Return on Assets: 2.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.87
• Current Ratio: 1.05
• Quick Ratio: 1.00

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.19 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.92
• Cash Flow: $6.80 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.99
• Book Value: $44.11 per share
• Price / Book: 2.16

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 61,497,000
• Free Float: 61,190,000
• Market Cap: $5.85 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.90