OPAL vs. MNTK, CAPL, GRNT, BORR, SXC, SBOW, NBR, NPWR, NGL, and SBR
Should you be buying OPAL Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OPAL Fuels include Montauk Renewables (MNTK), CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), Borr Drilling (BORR), SunCoke Energy (SXC), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), Nabors Industries (NBR), NET Power (NPWR), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), and Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK) and OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Montauk Renewables had 4 more articles in the media than OPAL Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Montauk Renewables and 5 mentions for OPAL Fuels. Montauk Renewables' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat OPAL Fuels' score of 0.04 indicating that OPAL Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OPAL Fuels has a net margin of 10.61% compared to OPAL Fuels' net margin of 8.55%. OPAL Fuels' return on equity of 6.32% beat Montauk Renewables' return on equity.
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.
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.
Montauk Renewables presently has a consensus price target of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 84.52%. OPAL Fuels has a consensus price target of $9.29, indicating a potential upside of 85.71%. Given Montauk Renewables' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe OPAL Fuels is more favorable than Montauk Renewables.
16.4% of Montauk Renewables shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.2% of Montauk Renewables shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 84.8% of OPAL Fuels shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Montauk Renewables has a beta of -0.4, meaning that its share price is 140% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPAL Fuels has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
OPAL Fuels beats Montauk Renewables on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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