Free Trial

Ormat Technologies (ORA) Competitors

Ormat Technologies logo
$108.95 -1.49 (-1.35%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$109.25 +0.30 (+0.27%)
As of 10/17/2025 07:27 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

ORA vs. AES, GNE, NRG, CQP, EXE, OKLO, TPL, BE, TLN, and CWEN

Should you be buying Ormat Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ormat Technologies include AES (AES), Genie Energy (GNE), NRG Energy (NRG), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Expand Energy (EXE), Oklo (OKLO), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Bloom Energy (BE), Talen Energy (TLN), and Clearway Energy (CWEN).

Ormat Technologies vs. Its Competitors

AES (NYSE:AES) and Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) are both independent power producers & energy traders companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

AES has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ormat Technologies has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ormat Technologies has a net margin of 14.49% compared to AES's net margin of 8.42%. AES's return on equity of 19.02% beat Ormat Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AES8.42% 19.02% 3.01%
Ormat Technologies 14.49%5.47%2.43%

AES pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Ormat Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. AES pays out 49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ormat Technologies pays out 22.3% 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 raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. AES is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, AES had 24 more articles in the media than Ormat Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for AES and 6 mentions for Ormat Technologies. Ormat Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat AES's score of -0.17 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
6 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ormat Technologies
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AES$12.03B0.86$1.68B$1.4210.27
Ormat Technologies$906.31M7.30$123.73M$2.1550.68

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

AES currently has a consensus price target of $23.80, indicating a potential upside of 63.13%. Ormat Technologies has a consensus price target of $99.30, indicating a potential downside of 8.86%. Given AES's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AES is more favorable than Ormat Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AES
3 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Ormat Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

Summary

AES beats Ormat Technologies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Ormat Technologies News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ORA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

Subscribe Now
By entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. Unsubscribe at any time by replying "STOP" to any text message that you receive from MarketBeat or by visiting our mailing preferences page. Read our full terms of service and privacy policy.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ORA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.
Skip Chart

ORA vs. The Competition

MetricOrmat TechnologiesOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.60B$10.91B$7.85B$21.79B
Dividend Yield0.43%4.12%10.87%3.62%
P/E Ratio50.6898.0873.4932.43
Price / Sales7.301,224.621,519.4689.16
Price / Cash16.5832.9636.5524.21
Price / Book2.586.934.694.59
Net Income$123.73M$276.83M$4.28B$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.00%1.95%-0.23%1.31%
1 Month Performance17.81%7.44%0.63%-0.93%
1 Year Performance39.13%50.84%14.01%9.51%

Ormat Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ORA
Ormat Technologies
4.0828 of 5 stars
$108.95
-1.3%
$99.30
-8.9%
+39.1%$6.60B$906.31M50.681,512Analyst Forecast
AES
AES
4.9659 of 5 stars
$14.07
-3.4%
$23.70
+68.4%
-16.5%$10.02B$12.28B9.919,100Trending News
Dividend Announcement
GNE
Genie Energy
1.3201 of 5 stars
$15.29
-2.2%
N/A-6.2%$407.58M$456.88M109.21190News Coverage
NRG
NRG Energy
4.6322 of 5 stars
$160.66
-4.5%
$188.85
+17.5%
+96.0%$31.03B$28.13B72.7015,637Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
CQP
Cheniere Energy Partners
1.5441 of 5 stars
$51.45
-1.2%
$54.60
+6.1%
+3.0%$24.95B$8.70B12.491,714
EXE
Expand Energy
4.4147 of 5 stars
$101.75
-4.0%
$127.81
+25.6%
+16.3%$24.23B$4.24B260.901,700Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
OKLO
Oklo
2.5352 of 5 stars
$147.32
+6.7%
$98.14
-33.4%
+796.4%$21.72BN/A-350.7578Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
TPL
Texas Pacific Land
1.1831 of 5 stars
$890.97
-2.1%
N/A-11.4%$20.43B$742.87M44.42100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BE
Bloom Energy
3.3587 of 5 stars
$86.93
+0.3%
$50.38
-42.1%
+996.8%$20.33B$1.47B2,173.792,127Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
TLN
Talen Energy
1.2817 of 5 stars
$412.83
-7.1%
$376.85
-8.7%
+133.6%$18.86B$2.12B116.951,894Positive News
Gap Down
CWEN
Clearway Energy
3.1861 of 5 stars
$31.12
-1.7%
$36.29
+16.6%
+16.2%$6.30B$1.37B47.8860

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:ORA) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners