Head-To-Head Survey: OPAL Fuels (OPAL) and Its Competitors

OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) is one of 1,051 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare OPAL Fuels to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

OPAL Fuels has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPAL Fuels’ peers have a beta of -3.76, indicating that their average stock price is 476% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares OPAL Fuels and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
OPAL Fuels	$348.98 million	$14.75 million	-139.00
OPAL Fuels Competitors	$11.35 billion	$5.51 billion	-1.25

OPAL Fuels’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than OPAL Fuels. OPAL Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for OPAL Fuels and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OPAL Fuels	2	1	0	0	1.33
OPAL Fuels Competitors	5994	27032	40912	2431	2.52

OPAL Fuels currently has a consensus target price of $2.40, indicating a potential upside of 72.66%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 27.34%. Given OPAL Fuels’ higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe OPAL Fuels is more favorable than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 85.7% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares OPAL Fuels and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OPAL Fuels	-0.06%	-0.80%	-0.02%
OPAL Fuels Competitors	-455.84%	19.30%	6.64%

Summary

OPAL Fuels peers beat OPAL Fuels on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About OPAL Fuels

OPAL Fuels develops, builds, owns and operates facilities that convert methane from sources such as landfills and agricultural waste into renewable natural gas (RNG). The company processes RNG for use as a lower-carbon alternative to conventional natural gas and markets the fuel and its associated environmental attributes. OPAL Fuels also supplies transportation fuels and develops and operates fueling infrastructure, including stations serving commercial vehicle fleets. Its activities span the RNG value chain, from project development and facility construction to fuel production, distribution and delivery to customers.