OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL – Get Free Report) and Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Profitability
This table compares OPAL Fuels and Excelerate Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| OPAL Fuels | -0.24% | -1.84% | 0.29% |
| Excelerate Energy | 3.93% | 2.20% | 1.44% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 84.4% of OPAL Fuels shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are owned by 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.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| OPAL Fuels | $299.97 million | 1.62 | $11.03 million | $0.02 | 140.00 |
| Excelerate Energy | $851.44 million | 3.89 | $32.88 million | $1.47 | 19.79 |
Excelerate Energy has higher revenue and earnings than OPAL Fuels. Excelerate Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OPAL Fuels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
OPAL Fuels has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for OPAL Fuels and Excelerate Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| OPAL Fuels | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Excelerate Energy | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.14 |
OPAL Fuels presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.14%. Excelerate Energy has a consensus target price of $32.29, suggesting a potential upside of 11.01%. Given Excelerate Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Excelerate Energy is more favorable than OPAL Fuels.
Summary
Excelerate Energy beats OPAL Fuels on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About OPAL Fuels
OPAL Fuels Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of renewable natural gas for use as a vehicle fuel for heavy and medium-duty trucking fleets. It also designs, develops, constructs, operates, and services fueling stations for trucking fleets that use natural gas to displace diesel as transportation fuel. In addition, it offers design, development, and construction services for hydrogen fueling stations. Further, the company engages in the generation and sale of renewable power to utilities. OPAL Fuels Inc. is based in White Plains, New York.
About Excelerate Energy
Excelerate Energy, Inc. provides flexible liquefied natural gas (LNG) solutions worldwide. The company offers regasification services, including floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs), infrastructure development, and LNG and natural gas supply, procurement, and distribution services; LNG terminal services; and natural gas supply to-power projects. Excelerate Energy, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas. Excelerate Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Excelerate Energy Holdings, LLC.
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