OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL – Get Free Report) and Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO – Get Free Report) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Gevo shares are held by institutional investors. 84.4% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Gevo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility & Risk
OPAL Fuels has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gevo has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| OPAL Fuels | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
| Gevo | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.50 |
OPAL Fuels presently has a consensus target price of $2.81, indicating a potential upside of 10.73%. Gevo has a consensus target price of $6.42, indicating a potential upside of 191.67%. Given Gevo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gevo is more favorable than OPAL Fuels.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares OPAL Fuels and Gevo”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| OPAL Fuels | $299.97 million | 1.47 | $11.03 million | $0.02 | 127.00 |
| Gevo | $120.93 million | 4.41 | -$78.64 million | ($0.20) | -11.00 |
OPAL Fuels has higher revenue and earnings than Gevo. Gevo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OPAL Fuels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares OPAL Fuels and Gevo’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% |
| Gevo | -37.33% | -9.49% | -6.82% |
Summary
OPAL Fuels beats Gevo on 8 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 Gevo
Gevo, Inc. operates as a carbon abatement company. It operates through three segments: Gevo, Agri-Energy, and Renewable Natural Gas. The company focuses on transforming renewable energy into energy-dense liquid hydrocarbons that can be used as renewable fuels. It offers renewable gasoline and diesel, isobutanol, sustainable aviation fuel, renewable natural gas, isobutylene, ethanol, and animal feed and protein. The company was formerly known as Methanotech, Inc. and changed its name to Gevo, Inc. in March 2006. Gevo, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
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