Ener-Core (OTCMKTS:ENCR – Get Free Report) and Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
95.5% of Ormat Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Ener-Core shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ormat Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Ener-Core has a beta of 42.1, meaning that its stock price is 4,110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ormat Technologies has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ener-Core | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ormat Technologies | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2.50 |
Ormat Technologies has a consensus price target of $131.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.17%. Given Ormat Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ormat Technologies is more favorable than Ener-Core.
Profitability
This table compares Ener-Core and Ormat Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ener-Core | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ormat Technologies | 10.97% | 6.61% | 2.80% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Ener-Core and Ormat Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ener-Core | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ormat Technologies | $989.54 million | 7.23 | $123.90 million | $2.06 | 56.48 |
Ormat Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Ener-Core.
Summary
Ormat Technologies beats Ener-Core on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ener-Core
Ener-Core, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, license, and market its products that are based on Power Oxidizer technologies. The company's Power Oxidizer technology generates industrial levels of usable heat in a pressure vessel using various organic gases as fuel for an oxidation reaction. Its products include Ener-Core PowerStation EC250 and Ener-Core Powerstation KG2-3GEF/PO, which have applications in landfills, distilleries, and various industrial processes. The company sells its products directly, as well as through distributors in the United States and the Netherlands. Ener-Core, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
About Ormat Technologies
Ormat Technologies, Inc. engages in the geothermal and recovered energy power business in the United States, Indonesia, Kenya, Turkey, Chile, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, New Zealand, Honduras, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Electricity, Product, and Energy Storage. The Electricity segment develops, builds, owns, and operates geothermal, solar photovoltaic, and recovered energy-based power plants; and sells electricity. The Product segment designs, manufactures, and sells equipment for geothermal and recovered energy-based electricity generation; and provides services relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation, and maintenance of geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants. This segment serves contractors; and owners and operators of interstate natural gas pipelines, gas processing plants, and cement plants, as well as companies in other energy-intensive industrial processes. The Energy Storage segment offers battery energy storage systems and related services. Ormat Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.
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