Contrasting Montauk Renewables (MNTK) and Its Competitors

Montauk Renewables (NASDAQ:MNTK) is one of 1,050 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Montauk Renewables to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Montauk Renewables and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Montauk Renewables	1	3	0	1	2.20
Montauk Renewables Competitors	5960	26925	40745	2403	2.52

Montauk Renewables currently has a consensus target price of $1.80, indicating a potential downside of 18.55%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 16.90%. Given Montauk Renewables’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Montauk Renewables has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

16.4% of Montauk Renewables shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 54.3% of Montauk Renewables shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Montauk Renewables and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Montauk Renewables	$176.38 million	$1.75 million	36.83
Montauk Renewables Competitors	$10.76 billion	$5.51 billion	0.53

Montauk Renewables’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Montauk Renewables. Montauk Renewables is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Montauk Renewables has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montauk Renewables’ competitors have a beta of -4.03, meaning that their average share price is 503% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Montauk Renewables and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Montauk Renewables	3.40%	2.45%	1.47%
Montauk Renewables Competitors	-472.92%	19.47%	6.31%

Summary

Montauk Renewables competitors beat Montauk Renewables on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Montauk Renewables

Montauk Renewables, Inc., a renewable energy company, engages in recovery and processing of biogas from landfills and other non-fossil fuel sources. It operates in two segments, Renewable Natural Gas and Renewable Electricity Generation. The company develops, owns, and operates renewable natural gas (RNG) projects that captures methane and prevents it from being released into the atmosphere by converting it into either RNG or electrical power for the electrical grid. Its customers for RNG and renewable identification numbers (RIN) include large, long-term owner-operators of landfills and livestock farms, local utilities, and large refiners in the natural gas and refining sectors. Montauk Renewables, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.