Roth Capital Issues Optimistic Forecast for ORA Earnings

Key Points

• Roth Capital has increased its Q4 2025 earnings estimate for Ormat Technologies, now predicting earnings of $0.68 per share, up from $0.66, and maintaining a "Buy" rating with a target price of $98.00.
• A majority of analysts rate Ormat Technologies as a "Moderate Buy," with target prices from several firms ranging from $90.00 to $105.00.
• Ormat Technologies recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share, reflecting a 0.6% annualized dividend yield, with an established payout ratio of 23.30%.

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ORA - Free Report) - Roth Capital upped their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Ormat Technologies in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, August 4th. Roth Capital analyst J. Clare now expects that the energy company will post earnings of $0.68 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.66. Roth Capital currently has a "Buy" rating and a $98.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Ormat Technologies' current full-year earnings is $1.94 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Ormat Technologies' FY2027 earnings at $2.90 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Baird R W upgraded Ormat Technologies from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Ormat Technologies from $86.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Robert W. Baird raised shares of Ormat Technologies from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and increased their target price for the company from $87.00 to $103.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 30th. UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of Ormat Technologies from $100.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 24th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Ormat Technologies from $75.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $92.00.

Ormat Technologies Stock Down 3.7%

Shares of NYSE ORA opened at $85.14 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $84.12 and a 200 day simple moving average of $74.57. Ormat Technologies has a 1 year low of $61.58 and a 1 year high of $91.81. The firm has a market cap of $5.16 billion, a PE ratio of 41.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.26 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.97 and a quick ratio of 0.90.

Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The energy company reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $229.76 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $228.33 million. Ormat Technologies had a net margin of 14.18% and a return on equity of 5.35%. The firm's revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.64 EPS.

Ormat Technologies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 4th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 21st were issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, May 21st. Ormat Technologies's payout ratio is 23.30%.

Insider Transactions at Ormat Technologies

In other news, Director Michal Marom sold 895 shares of Ormat Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.47, for a total transaction of $65,755.65. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 3,080 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $226,287.60. The trade was a 22.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Dafna Sharir sold 1,601 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.63, for a total transaction of $137,093.63. Following the transaction, the director owned 3,238 shares in the company, valued at approximately $277,269.94. This represents a 33.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 5,329 shares of company stock valued at $423,443. 0.56% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in Ormat Technologies by 19.1% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,890,235 shares of the energy company's stock worth $133,770,000 after buying an additional 303,756 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Ormat Technologies by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,373,426 shares of the energy company's stock valued at $93,029,000 after acquiring an additional 72,135 shares during the last quarter. Van Berkom & Associates Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Ormat Technologies by 2.7% during the 1st quarter. Van Berkom & Associates Inc. now owns 1,280,026 shares of the energy company's stock worth $90,587,000 after purchasing an additional 33,719 shares during the last quarter. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Ormat Technologies by 273,109.4% during the 1st quarter. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. now owns 956,233 shares of the energy company's stock worth $67,673,000 after purchasing an additional 955,883 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its holdings in shares of Ormat Technologies by 11.7% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 858,674 shares of the energy company's stock worth $58,149,000 after buying an additional 90,100 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 95.49% of the company's stock.

About Ormat Technologies

Ormat Technologies, Inc engages in the geothermal and recovered energy power business in the United States, Indonesia, Kenya, Turkey, Chile, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, New Zealand, Honduras, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Electricity, Product, and Energy Storage. The Electricity segment develops, builds, owns, and operates geothermal, solar photovoltaic, and recovered energy-based power plants; and sells electricity.

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