Montauk Renewables (MNTK) & Its Competitors Head-To-Head Survey

Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK) is one of 1,050 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Montauk Renewables to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Montauk Renewables and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Montauk Renewables	3.40%	2.45%	1.47%
Montauk Renewables Competitors	-472.92%	19.47%	6.31%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Montauk Renewables and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Montauk Renewables	1	3	0	1	2.20
Montauk Renewables Competitors	5960	26925	40745	2403	2.52

Montauk Renewables presently has a consensus target price of $1.80, indicating a potential downside of 18.55%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 16.90%. Given Montauk Renewables’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Montauk Renewables has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Montauk Renewables and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Montauk Renewables	$176.38 million	$1.75 million	36.83
Montauk Renewables Competitors	$10.76 billion	$5.51 billion	0.53

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

Risk and Volatility

Montauk Renewables has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montauk Renewables’ peers have a beta of -4.03, suggesting that their average share price is 503% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

16.4% of Montauk Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 54.3% of Montauk Renewables shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Montauk Renewables peers beat Montauk Renewables on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Montauk Renewables

Montauk Renewables, Inc., a renewable energy company, engages in recovery and processing of biogas from landfills and other non-fossil fuel sources. It operates in two segments, Renewable Natural Gas and Renewable Electricity Generation. The company develops, owns, and operates renewable natural gas (RNG) projects that captures methane and prevents it from being released into the atmosphere by converting it into either RNG or electrical power for the electrical grid. Its customers for RNG and renewable identification numbers (RIN) include large, long-term owner-operators of landfills and livestock farms, local utilities, and large refiners in the natural gas and refining sectors. Montauk Renewables, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.