Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) versus OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) Head to Head Review

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OPAL Fuels	$299.97 million	1.39	$11.03 million	$0.06	40.17
Bloom Energy	$1.47 billion	21.04	-$29.23 million	N/A	N/A

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 84.6% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Bloom Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for OPAL Fuels and Bloom Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OPAL Fuels	2	4	0	0	1.67
Bloom Energy	3	10	10	3	2.50

OPAL Fuels presently has a consensus target price of $2.81, indicating a potential upside of 16.70%. Bloom Energy has a consensus target price of $95.65, indicating a potential downside of 27.82%. Given OPAL Fuels’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe OPAL Fuels is more favorable than Bloom Energy.

Risk & Volatility

OPAL Fuels has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.48, suggesting that its stock price is 248% 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 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 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.