ORA vs. NRG, AES, GNE, EBR, AGR, PNW, BEP, OGE, BEPC, and CIG
Should you be buying Ormat Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ormat Technologies include NRG Energy (NRG), AES (AES), Genie Energy (GNE), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Avangrid (AGR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), OGE Energy (OGE), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), and CEMIG (CIG).
NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) and Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
NRG Energy received 387 more outperform votes than Ormat Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.02% of users gave NRG Energy an outperform vote while only 56.61% of users gave Ormat Technologies an outperform vote.
NRG Energy currently has a consensus target price of $68.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.05%. Ormat Technologies has a consensus target price of $84.29, suggesting a potential upside of 11.78%. Given NRG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ormat Technologies is more favorable than NRG Energy.
NRG Energy has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ormat Technologies has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NRG Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Ormat Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for NRG Energy and 4 mentions for Ormat Technologies. NRG Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Ormat Technologies' score of 0.79 indicating that Ormat Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Ormat Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. NRG Energy pays out 23.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ormat Technologies pays out 21.6% 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. NRG Energy has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. NRG Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
97.7% of NRG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Ormat Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of NRG Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Ormat Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ormat Technologies has a net margin of 15.43% compared to Ormat Technologies' net margin of 5.76%. Ormat Technologies' return on equity of 42.60% beat NRG Energy's return on equity.
Ormat Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NRG Energy. NRG Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ormat Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NRG Energy beats Ormat Technologies on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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