SOLV Energy Inc. (MWH) vs Ormat Technologies, Inc. (ORA)

SOLV Energy Inc. and Ormat Technologies, Inc. are both Utilities Renewable companies. Ormat Technologies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.7B against $4.8B — 1.2× the size. Ormat Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.1% vs 2.22%) and the lower return on invested capital (5.61% vs 14.6%). Across the 14 metrics below, SOLV Energy Inc. leads on 7 and Ormat Technologies, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric MWH ORA Utilities Renewable median
P/E — 42.39 14.42
P/S 1.11 4.72 1.78
P/B 3.36 2.07 0.88
Price to free cash flow 37.83 n/m 11.75
EV/EBITDA 11.64 16.17 10.16
EV/Sales 1.00 6.90 3.74
Earnings yield — 2.36% (11.66%)
Free cash flow yield 2.64% (3.72%) (27.02%)

Profitability

Metric MWH ORA Utilities Renewable median
Gross margin 16.75% 28.44% 40.59%
Operating margin 5.05% 16.66% 0.00%
Net margin 2.22% 11.07% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 2.94% 27.51% (1.11%)
Return on equity 0.00% 4.97% 0.00%
Return on assets 5.37% 2.09% (0.07%)
Return on invested capital 14.63% 5.61% 0.00%

Growth

Metric MWH ORA Utilities Renewable median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 28.55% 16.77%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) — (0.98%) 28.57%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 7.01% 7.01%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 7.71% 0.00%

Health

Metric MWH ORA Utilities Renewable median
Debt to equity 0.08 0.00 0.37
Current ratio 1.09 0.92 0.98
Net debt to EBITDA — 4.86 3.56

Dividend

Metric MWH ORA Utilities Renewable median
Dividend yield — 0.51% 3.15%
Payout ratio — 0.22 0.17

Size

Metric MWH ORA Utilities Renewable median
Market cap 4.82b 5.72b 849.13m

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