OPAL Fuels (OPAL) Competitors

OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) and Nextera Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is OPAL or NEP more profitable?

OPAL Fuels has a net margin of 3.30% compared to Nextera Energy Partners' net margin of -0.73%. Nextera Energy Partners' return on equity of 1.34% beat OPAL Fuels' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OPAL Fuels	3.30%	-4.08%	1.72%
Nextera Energy Partners	-0.73%	1.34%	0.85%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OPAL or NEP?

12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 84.4% of OPAL Fuels shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Nextera Energy Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, OPAL or NEP?

OPAL Fuels has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nextera Energy Partners has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to OPAL or NEP?

In the previous week, OPAL Fuels had 1 more articles in the media than Nextera Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for OPAL Fuels and 1 mentions for Nextera Energy Partners. Nextera Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat OPAL Fuels' score of 0.18 indicating that Nextera Energy Partners 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
Nextera Energy Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer OPAL or NEP?

OPAL Fuels presently has a consensus target price of $4.75, indicating a potential upside of 91.15%. Nextera Energy Partners has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given OPAL Fuels' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe OPAL Fuels is more favorable than Nextera Energy Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OPAL Fuels	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Nextera Energy Partners	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, OPAL or NEP?

OPAL Fuels has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nextera Energy Partners. Nextera Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OPAL Fuels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OPAL Fuels	$320.43M	1.34	$29.95M	$0.02	124.25
Nextera Energy Partners	$1.23B	0.00	-$10M	-$0.10	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OPAL or NEP?

OPAL Fuels received 18 more outperform votes than Nextera Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave OPAL Fuels an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Nextera Energy Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OPAL Fuels	Outperform Votes 18 60.00%	Underperform Votes 12 40.00%
Nextera Energy Partners	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 15 100.00%

Summary

OPAL Fuels beats Nextera Energy Partners on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.