Itm Power (OTCMKTS:ITMPF) & Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) Critical Survey

Itm Power (OTCMKTS:ITMPF) and Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Itm Power has a beta of 3.25, meaning that its stock price is 225% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ormat Technologies has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Itm Power and Ormat Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Itm Power	0	1	1	1	3.00
Ormat Technologies	0	4	8	0	2.67

Ormat Technologies has a consensus target price of $132.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.47%. Given Ormat Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ormat Technologies is more favorable than Itm Power.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

95.5% of Ormat Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ormat Technologies shares are held by company 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.

Profitability

This table compares Itm Power and Ormat Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Itm Power	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ormat Technologies	10.97%	6.61%	2.80%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Itm Power and Ormat Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Itm Power	$33.35 million	43.13	-$58.30 million	N/A	N/A
Ormat Technologies	$989.54 million	7.56	$123.90 million	$2.06	59.08

Ormat Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Itm Power.

Summary

Ormat Technologies beats Itm Power on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Itm Power

ITM Power Plc designs and manufactures proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, rest of Europe, and the United States. Its product portfolio includes TRIDENT, an PEM electrolysers stack technology; NEPTUNE, a 2MW plug and play electrolyser for small to mid-size projects; and POSEIDON, a cutting-edge 20 MW module for large-scale projects. ITM Power Plc was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Sheffield, the United Kingdom.

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.