Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK – Get Free Report) and Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Montauk Renewables and Enlight Renewable Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Montauk Renewables | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2.17 |
| Enlight Renewable Energy | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.14 |
Montauk Renewables presently has a consensus price target of $3.33, indicating a potential upside of 116.45%. Enlight Renewable Energy has a consensus price target of $43.50, indicating a potential downside of 35.31%. Given Montauk Renewables’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Montauk Renewables is more favorable than Enlight Renewable Energy.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Montauk Renewables | $175.74 million | 1.25 | $9.73 million | ($0.06) | -25.67 |
| Enlight Renewable Energy | $582.26 million | N/A | $132.10 million | $1.02 | 65.92 |
Enlight Renewable Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Montauk Renewables. Montauk Renewables is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enlight Renewable Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
16.4% of Montauk Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of Enlight Renewable Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 54.7% of Montauk Renewables shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Montauk Renewables and Enlight Renewable Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Montauk Renewables | -5.72% | -3.57% | -2.50% |
| Enlight Renewable Energy | 22.69% | 7.35% | 1.82% |
Risk & Volatility
Montauk Renewables has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enlight Renewable Energy has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Enlight Renewable Energy beats Montauk Renewables on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Enlight Renewable Energy
Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd operates a renewable energy platform in Israel, Central-Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and the United States. The company develops, finances, constructs, owns, and operates utility-scale renewable energy projects. It develops wind energy and solar energy projects, as well as energy storage projects. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Rosh Haayin, Israel.
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