Head to Head Contrast: Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) & OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL)

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

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, Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by institutional investors. 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares OPAL Fuels and Brookfield Renewable”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	1.46	$11.03 million	$0.02	126.50
Brookfield Renewable	$5.88 billion	0.97	$236.00 million	($0.89)	-44.16

Brookfield Renewable has higher revenue and earnings than OPAL Fuels. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OPAL Fuels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for OPAL Fuels and Brookfield Renewable, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OPAL Fuels	2	4	0	0	1.67
Brookfield Renewable	1	1	3	0	2.40

OPAL Fuels presently has a consensus price target of $2.81, indicating a potential upside of 11.17%. Brookfield Renewable has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.77%. Given OPAL Fuels’ higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe OPAL Fuels is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OPAL Fuels	-1.02%	N/A	-0.37%
Brookfield Renewable	-34.58%	-12.74%	-3.20%

Summary

OPAL Fuels beats Brookfield Renewable on 8 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 Brookfield Renewable

Brookfield Renewable Corporation owns and operates a portfolio of renewable power and sustainable solution assets primarily in the United States, Europe, Colombia, and Brazil. It operates hydroelectric, wind, solar, and distributed energy and sustainable solutions with an installed capacity of approximately 19,161 megawatts. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Brookfield Renewable Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Brookfield BRP Holdings (Canada) Inc.