OPAL vs. MNTK, CLNE, DCRD, BTMD, ADTH, SRE, UGI, CRK, BSM, and CRC
Should you be buying OPAL Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OPAL Fuels include Montauk Renewables (MNTK), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Co. IV (DCRD), biote (BTMD), AdTheorent (ADTH), Sempra (SRE), UGI (UGI), Comstock Resources (CRK), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), and California Resources (CRC).
Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK) and OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
OPAL Fuels has higher revenue and earnings than Montauk Renewables. OPAL Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montauk Renewables, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OPAL Fuels received 2 more outperform votes than Montauk Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.43% of users gave OPAL Fuels an outperform vote while only 35.14% of users gave Montauk Renewables an outperform vote.
Montauk Renewables has a beta of -0.4, suggesting that its share price is 140% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPAL Fuels has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Montauk Renewables currently has a consensus target price of $7.83, suggesting a potential upside of 46.14%. OPAL Fuels has a consensus target price of $8.67, suggesting a potential upside of 79.43%. Given Montauk Renewables' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OPAL Fuels is more favorable than Montauk Renewables.
16.4% of Montauk Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 54.6% of Montauk Renewables shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 84.4% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Montauk Renewables has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Montauk Renewables' net margin of 9.23%. OPAL Fuels' return on equity of 8.44% beat Montauk Renewables' return on equity.
In the previous week, OPAL Fuels had 4 more articles in the media than Montauk Renewables. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for OPAL Fuels and 2 mentions for Montauk Renewables. OPAL Fuels' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Montauk Renewables' score of 0.63 indicating that Montauk Renewables is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
OPAL Fuels beats Montauk Renewables on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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