Analyzing OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) & Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE)

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bloom Energy and OPAL Fuels”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bloom Energy	$1.47 billion	21.55	-$29.23 million	N/A	N/A
OPAL Fuels	$299.97 million	1.21	$11.03 million	$0.06	34.83

OPAL Fuels has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bloom Energy.

Profitability

This table compares Bloom Energy and OPAL Fuels’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloom Energy	0.84%	8.74%	2.08%
OPAL Fuels	-0.74%	-1.84%	-0.28%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 84.6% of OPAL Fuels 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Bloom Energy and OPAL Fuels, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloom Energy	3	11	10	2	2.42
OPAL Fuels	2	4	0	0	1.67

Bloom Energy presently has a consensus target price of $95.65, indicating a potential downside of 29.52%. OPAL Fuels has a consensus target price of $2.81, indicating a potential upside of 34.57%. Given OPAL Fuels’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OPAL Fuels is more favorable than Bloom Energy.

Volatility & Risk

Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.43, meaning that its stock price is 243% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPAL Fuels has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bloom Energy beats OPAL Fuels on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bloom Energy

Bloom Energy Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, and installs solid-oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation in the United States and internationally. The company offers Bloom Energy Server, a solid oxide technology that converts fuel, such as natural gas, biogas, hydrogen, or a blend of these fuels into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion. It sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to utilities, data centers, agriculture, retail, hospitals, higher education, biotech, and manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Ion America Corp. and changed its name to Bloom Energy Corporation in 2006. Bloom Energy Corporation was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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.