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ORA vs. AES, GNE, NRG, TLN, OKLO, CWEN, BE, TXNM, BEPC, and EE

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), Talen Energy (TLN), Oklo (OKLO), Clearway Energy (CWEN), Bloom Energy (BE), TXNM Energy (TXNM), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), and Excelerate Energy (EE).

Ormat Technologies vs. Its Competitors

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

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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

AES pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Ormat Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. 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.

AES presently has a consensus target price of $24.22, indicating a potential upside of 111.20%. Ormat Technologies has a consensus target price of $84.14, indicating a potential downside of 4.07%. Given AES's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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

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$12.28B0.67$1.68B$1.846.23
Ormat Technologies$879.65M6.04$123.73M$2.0642.58

In the previous week, AES had 14 more articles in the media than Ormat Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for AES and 6 mentions for Ormat Technologies. AES's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Ormat Technologies' score of 0.62 indicating that AES is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AES
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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

Ormat Technologies has a net margin of 14.18% compared to AES's net margin of 10.67%. AES's return on equity of 18.06% beat Ormat Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AES10.67% 18.06% 2.80%
Ormat Technologies 14.18%5.35%2.40%

AES has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ormat Technologies has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AES beats Ormat Technologies on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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.
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ORA vs. The Competition

MetricOrmat TechnologiesOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.13B$9.13B$7.56B$20.55B
Dividend Yield0.57%4.42%10.91%3.75%
P/E Ratio42.5832.6656.8928.05
Price / Sales6.0463.8421,919.2645.87
Price / Cash12.9119.1336.2022.31
Price / Book2.084.293.294.59
Net Income$123.73M$283.98M$4.20B$985.44M
7 Day Performance4.02%3.82%1.52%2.78%
1 Month Performance18.29%5.87%5.37%5.40%
1 Year Performance24.53%34.66%104.01%14.61%

Ormat Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ORA
Ormat Technologies
3.7262 of 5 stars
$87.71
+3.6%
$84.14
-4.1%
+24.7%$5.13B$879.65M42.581,512
AES
AES
4.8139 of 5 stars
$10.15
-2.5%
$24.22
+138.6%
-35.8%$7.23B$12.28B5.529,100Gap Up
GNE
Genie Energy
1.2513 of 5 stars
$26.83
+3.3%
N/A+65.0%$720.47M$425.20M191.66190Positive News
High Trading Volume
NRG
NRG Energy
4.2262 of 5 stars
$152.18
+0.2%
$146.78
-3.5%
+99.9%$29.75B$28.13B24.5515,637Positive News
TLN
Talen Energy
0.7223 of 5 stars
$291.59
+1.0%
$246.33
-15.5%
+145.9%$13.27B$2.12B30.281,894
OKLO
Oklo
1.893 of 5 stars
$55.20
-4.7%
$58.50
+6.0%
+548.3%$7.70BN/A-10.2078Trending News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
CWEN
Clearway Energy
3.1223 of 5 stars
$31.58
-0.4%
$35.50
+12.4%
+34.6%$6.38B$1.37B39.4760
BE
Bloom Energy
3.2338 of 5 stars
$22.61
+4.0%
$22.97
+1.6%
+104.7%$5.25B$1.56B-452.112,127Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TXNM
TXNM Energy
2.0643 of 5 stars
$56.61
+0.3%
$54.86
-3.1%
N/A$5.25B$1.97B25.161,695Positive News
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
4.0566 of 5 stars
$32.06
+2.0%
$31.67
-1.2%
+18.6%$4.65B$3.92B-36.021,890
EE
Excelerate Energy
2.6208 of 5 stars
$29.08
-0.9%
$32.29
+11.0%
+54.9%$3.32B$851.44M19.79900

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