OPAL vs. CEPU, NNE, NFE, EDN, NEP, XIFR, NGL, SMC, MNTK, and GWRS
Should you be buying OPAL Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OPAL Fuels include Central Puerto (CEPU), Nano Nuclear Energy (NNE), New Fortress Energy (NFE), Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) (EDN), Nextera Energy Partners (NEP), XPLR Infrastructure (XIFR), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Summit Midstream Partners (SMC), Montauk Renewables (MNTK), and Global Water Resources (GWRS). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
OPAL Fuels vs. Its Competitors
OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) and Central Puerto (NYSE:CEPU) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Central Puerto shares are held by institutional investors. 84.6% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Central Puerto shares are held 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 presently has a consensus target price of $2.81, suggesting a potential upside of 8.97%. Central Puerto has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.39%. Given OPAL Fuels' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe OPAL Fuels is more favorable than Central Puerto.
Central Puerto has a net margin of 12.69% compared to OPAL Fuels' net margin of -0.24%. Central Puerto's return on equity of 8.93% beat OPAL Fuels' return on equity.
In the previous week, OPAL Fuels had 2 more articles in the media than Central Puerto. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for OPAL Fuels and 2 mentions for Central Puerto. Central Puerto's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat OPAL Fuels' score of -0.01 indicating that Central Puerto is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Central Puerto has higher revenue and earnings than OPAL Fuels. Central Puerto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OPAL Fuels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OPAL Fuels has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Puerto has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Central Puerto beats OPAL Fuels on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:OPAL) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
