OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL – Get Free Report) and BKV (NYSE:BKV – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 84.6% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of BKV shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
OPAL Fuels has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BKV has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| OPAL Fuels | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
| BKV | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 |
OPAL Fuels presently has a consensus target price of $2.81, indicating a potential upside of 36.53%. BKV has a consensus target price of $31.17, indicating a potential upside of 16.64%. Given OPAL Fuels’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OPAL Fuels is more favorable than BKV.
Profitability
This table compares OPAL Fuels and BKV’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| OPAL Fuels | -1.02% | -1.84% | -0.37% |
| BKV | 5.67% | 6.91% | 4.59% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares OPAL Fuels and BKV”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| OPAL Fuels | $299.97 million | 1.19 | $11.03 million | $0.02 | 103.00 |
| BKV | $580.98 million | 4.46 | -$142.87 million | $0.52 | 51.38 |
OPAL Fuels has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BKV. BKV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OPAL Fuels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BKV beats OPAL Fuels on 10 of the 15 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 BKV
BKV Corporation engages in the acquisition, operation, and development of natural gas and NGL properties. It is also involved in the gathering, processing, and transportation of natural gas. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Denver, Colorado with additional offices in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania and Fort Worth, Texas. BKV Corporation, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Banpu North America Corporation.
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