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.
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.
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.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:ORA) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff