MNTK vs. OPAL, GPRK, SD, TXO, NOVA, REPX, TTI, PBT, AMPS, and SKE
Should you be buying Montauk Renewables stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Montauk Renewables include OPAL Fuels (OPAL), GeoPark (GPRK), SandRidge Energy (SD), TXO Partners (TXO), Sunnova Energy International (NOVA), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Permian Basin Royalty Trust (PBT), Altus Power (AMPS), and Skeena Resources (SKE). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK) and OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
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 36.11% of users gave Montauk Renewables an outperform vote.
Montauk Renewables has a beta of -0.49, meaning that its share price is 149% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPAL Fuels has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
16.4% of Montauk Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 54.2% of Montauk Renewables shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 84.8% of OPAL Fuels 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.
In the previous week, Montauk Renewables and Montauk Renewables both had 2 articles in the media. Montauk Renewables' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat OPAL Fuels' score of -0.33 indicating that Montauk Renewables is being referred to more favorably in the media.
OPAL Fuels has a net margin of 10.61% compared to Montauk Renewables' net margin of 8.55%. Montauk Renewables' return on equity of 6.32% beat OPAL Fuels' return on equity.
Montauk Renewables currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 111.08%. OPAL Fuels has a consensus target price of $9.29, indicating a potential upside of 100.99%. Given Montauk Renewables' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Montauk Renewables is more favorable than OPAL Fuels.
Summary
OPAL Fuels beats Montauk Renewables on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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