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OPAL Fuels (OPAL) Competitors

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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
OPAL Fuels
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75
Central Puerto
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OPAL Fuels-0.24% -1.84% 0.29%
Central Puerto 12.69%8.93%6.25%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
OPAL Fuels
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Central Puerto
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
OPAL Fuels$299.97M1.49$11.03M$0.02129.05
Central Puerto$810.70M2.21$54.56M$0.5521.52

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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OPAL vs. The Competition

MetricOPAL FuelsOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$449.90M$9.94B$7.75B$9.49B
Dividend YieldN/A4.58%10.94%3.99%
P/E Ratio129.7532.9966.2820.03
Price / Sales1.4960.0942,642.3683.98
Price / Cash11.9318.9436.1458.45
Price / Book-3.004.894.065.83
Net Income$11.03M$274.67M$4.25B$258.39M
7 Day Performance3.24%4.81%1.85%2.50%
1 Month Performance-5.46%8.36%3.51%12.85%
1 Year Performance-35.48%45.71%14.01%21.38%

OPAL Fuels Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OPAL
OPAL Fuels
1.5955 of 5 stars
$2.58
+3.2%
$2.81
+9.0%
-36.1%$449.90M$299.97M129.75270Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
CEPU
Central Puerto
2.9575 of 5 stars
$11.38
-0.4%
$12.00
+5.4%
+32.2%$1.73B$810.70M20.691,324
NNE
Nano Nuclear Energy
2.6799 of 5 stars
$34.10
-9.4%
$51.75
+51.8%
+138.3%$1.56BN/A-37.47N/A
NFE
New Fortress Energy
2.2316 of 5 stars
$4.18
-8.5%
$9.75
+133.3%
-82.5%$1.25B$2.36B-1.86670Analyst Revision
Gap Up
EDN
Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor)
N/A$24.56
-1.6%
N/A+50.1%$1.13B$2.24B4.364,642
NEP
Nextera Energy Partners
1.5184 of 5 stars
N/A$10.00
+∞
N/A$983.47M$1.23B-105.15N/A
XIFR
XPLR Infrastructure
2.0293 of 5 stars
$9.23
+4.6%
$16.77
+81.7%
-65.7%$829.09M$1.23B3.83N/AHigh Trading Volume
NGL
NGL Energy Partners
0.6732 of 5 stars
$4.29
+1.2%
N/A-10.5%$559.73M$3.47B0.00840
SMC
Summit Midstream Partners
N/A$25.57
-2.3%
N/AN/A$488.13M$429.62M-1.95244Positive News
MNTK
Montauk Renewables
1.7792 of 5 stars
$2.22
+0.9%
$3.33
+50.2%
-57.0%$313.36M$175.74M44.41130
GWRS
Global Water Resources
1.5993 of 5 stars
$10.11
-0.3%
N/A-21.3%$278.35M$52.69M43.9690

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This page (NASDAQ:OPAL) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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