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ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ORA
ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (ORA) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.41% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $989.5M at a 12.5% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.53 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-17 | Bernstein | Underperform (init) |
| 2026-05-18 | Piper Sandler | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-05-08 | UBS | Buy (main) |
| 2026-05-08 | JP Morgan | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-05-08 | Barclays | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-04-16 | JP Morgan | Neutral (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Transportation & Utilities · percentile among 348 companies
Percentile vs other Transportation & Utilities companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 4/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · grey zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | -0.023 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.146 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.027 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.754 |
Sector peers · similar-size Transportation & Utilities companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORA | ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4/9 | 1.3 | 57.6 | +12.5% |
| XIFR | XPLR Infrastructure, LP | 4/9 | — | — | -3.4% |
| OTTR | Otter Tail Corp | 5/9 | 3.26 | 13.8 | -2% |
| CWEN | Clearway Energy, Inc. | 4/9 | 0.73 | 45.8 | +4.2% |
| HNRG | HALLADOR ENERGY CO | 7/9 | 0.86 | 19.7 | +16.2% |
| IDA | IDACORP INC | 5/9 | 1.49 | 26.2 | -1.2% |
| SPRU | SPRUCE POWER HOLDING CORP | 4/9 | -2.02 | — | +36.2% |
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About ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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, France, Indonesia, the Philippines, and internationally. It operates through 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, and construction of geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants. The Energy Storage segment owns and operates grid-connected, stand alone In Front of the Meter (IFM) battery energy storage BESS facilities, which provide capacity, energy, and ancillary services directly to the electric grid. The company serves contractors, geothermal plant owners and operators, interstate natural gas pipeline owners and operators, gas processing plant owners and operators, cement plant owners and operators, and biomass facilities owners and operators, as well as other companies engaged in energy-intensive industrial processes. Ormat Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.
FAQ
Is ORA financially healthy?
ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.'s Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the grey zone.
Does ORA pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. pays a dividend yielding about 0.41% with a 23.5% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is ORA?
In FY2025, ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. had a net margin of 12.5% and a return on equity of 4.6%.
Is ORA overvalued or undervalued?
ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. trades at about 56.1× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 26.9×–79.1×, median 46.1×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for ORA?
The average Wall-Street price target for ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. is $133.75, about 17.9% above the recent price, from 12 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is ORA a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, an Altman Z″ in the grey zone, a P/E of about 57.6×, a dividend yield of 0.41%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.