Head to Head Contrast: OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) versus BKV (NYSE:BKV)

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

Insider and Institutional 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

OPAL Fuels has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BKV has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for OPAL Fuels and BKV, as provided by MarketBeat.

	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 currently has a consensus price target of $2.81, indicating a potential upside of 8.17%. BKV has a consensus price target of $31.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.76%. Given BKV’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BKV is more favorable than OPAL Fuels.

Earnings & 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	1.50	$11.03 million	$0.02	130.00
BKV	$580.98 million	4.73	-$142.87 million	$0.52	54.61

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 11 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.