Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC – Get Free Report) and Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Fluence Energy and Ormat Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Fluence Energy | $2.26 billion | 1.91 | -$48.31 million | ($0.36) | -65.17 |
| Ormat Technologies | $989.54 million | 8.61 | $123.90 million | $2.06 | 67.28 |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Fluence Energy and Ormat Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Fluence Energy | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2.05 |
| Ormat Technologies | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2.62 |
Fluence Energy presently has a consensus price target of $19.47, suggesting a potential downside of 17.01%. Ormat Technologies has a consensus price target of $133.18, suggesting a potential downside of 3.90%. Given Ormat Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ormat Technologies is more favorable than Fluence Energy.
Risk and Volatility
Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.77, meaning that its stock price is 177% 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.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Ormat Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ormat Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Fluence Energy and Ormat Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Fluence Energy | -1.62% | -8.29% | -1.85% |
| Ormat Technologies | 10.97% | 6.61% | 2.80% |
Summary
Ormat Technologies beats Fluence Energy on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Fluence Energy
Fluence Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers energy storage products and solution, services, and artificial intelligence enabled software-as-a-service products for renewables and storage applications in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company sells energy storage products with integrated hardware, software, and digital intelligence. Its energy storage products include Gridstack Pro, a large-scale front-of-the-meter application; Gridstack, a front-of-the-meter application; Sunstack, a DC-coupled energy storage product for DC-coupled solar + storage projects; Edgestack, for smaller-scale commercial and industrial use cases; and Ultrastack, for critical system requirements of distribution and transmission networks. The company also provides engineering and delivery services to support the deployment of its storage products; operational and maintenance services; and digital applications. It serves independent power producers, developer, utilities, and other generators. Fluence Energy, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Fluence Energy, Inc. is a joint venture of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft and The AES Corporation.
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.
Receive News & Ratings for Fluence Energy Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Fluence Energy and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.
