Critical Contrast: Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) & CBRE Acquisition (OTCMKTS:CBAHU)

Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) and CBRE Acquisition (OTCMKTS:CBAHU) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Ormat Technologies and CBRE Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ormat Technologies	13.33%	5.27%	2.40%
CBRE Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

95.5% of Ormat Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Ormat Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ormat Technologies and CBRE Acquisition”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ormat Technologies	$829.42 million	4.68	$124.40 million	$1.96	32.75
CBRE Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ormat Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than CBRE Acquisition.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Ormat Technologies and CBRE Acquisition, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ormat Technologies	0	5	3	0	2.38
CBRE Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00

Ormat Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $82.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.12%. Given Ormat Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ormat Technologies is more favorable than CBRE Acquisition.

Summary

Ormat Technologies beats CBRE Acquisition on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ormat Technologies

Ormat Technologies, Inc. engages in the geothermal and recovered energy power business in the United States, Indonesia, Kenya, Turkey, Chile, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, New Zealand, Honduras, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Electricity, Product, and Energy Storage. The Electricity segment develops, builds, owns, and operates geothermal, solar photovoltaic, and recovered energy-based power plants; and sells electricity. The Product segment designs, manufactures, and sells equipment for geothermal and recovered energy-based electricity generation; and provides services relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation, and maintenance of geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants. This segment serves contractors; and owners and operators of interstate natural gas pipelines, gas processing plants, and cement plants, as well as companies in other energy-intensive industrial processes. The Energy Storage segment offers battery energy storage systems and related services. Ormat Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.

About CBRE Acquisition

Altus Power, Inc. operates as a clean electrification company in the United States. It is involved in the on-site solar generation for commercial, industrial, and public customers; community solar; energy storage; and electric vehicle charging businesses. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.