AES (AES) Competitors

AES (NYSE:AES) and Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.

Which has better earnings & valuation, AES or ORA?

AES has higher revenue and earnings than Ormat Technologies. AES is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ormat Technologies, 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
AES	$12.12B	0.66	$249M	$1.84	6.13
Ormat Technologies	$885.25M	5.41	$124.40M	$2.06	38.35

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AES or ORA?

AES received 101 more outperform votes than Ormat Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.35% of users gave AES an outperform vote while only 56.42% of users gave Ormat Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AES	Outperform Votes 400 61.35%	Underperform Votes 252 38.65%
Ormat Technologies	Outperform Votes 299 56.42%	Underperform Votes 231 43.58%

Which has more risk and volatility, AES or ORA?

AES has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ormat Technologies has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer AES or ORA?

AES currently has a consensus price target of $24.22, indicating a potential upside of 114.64%. Ormat Technologies has a consensus price target of $84.14, indicating a potential upside of 6.51%. Given AES's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AES is more favorable than Ormat Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AES	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Ormat Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is AES or ORA more profitable?

Ormat Technologies has a net margin of 13.33% compared to AES's net margin of 8.34%. AES's return on equity of 27.30% beat Ormat Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AES	8.34%	27.30%	3.76%
Ormat Technologies	13.33%	5.27%	2.40%

Does the media refer more to AES or ORA?

In the previous week, AES had 18 more articles in the media than Ormat Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for AES and 6 mentions for Ormat Technologies. Ormat Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat AES's score of 0.70 indicating that Ormat Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AES	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ormat Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AES or ORA?

93.1% of AES shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Ormat Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of AES shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ormat Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is AES or ORA a better dividend stock?

AES pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Ormat Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. AES pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ormat Technologies pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. AES has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. AES is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

AES beats Ormat Technologies on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.