Ormat Technologies, Inc. (ORA) Stock

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (ORA) is a Utilities stock trading at $108.33 (as of 2026-08-21), with a market capitalization of $6.66B and a trailing P/E of 47.6. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Ormat Technologies, Inc. engages in the geothermal and recovered energy power business in the United States, Indonesia, Kenya, Turkey, Chile, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Honduras, 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, recovered energy-based electricity generation, and remote power units, such as fossil fuel powered turbo-generators and heavy duty direct-current generators; and provides services relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation, and maintenance of geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants. The Product segment serves contractors; developers, owners, and operators of geothermal power plants; 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 energy storage and related services, as well as services relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation, and maintenance of energy storage units. Ormat Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is based in Reno, Nevada.

Understand Ormat Technologies, Inc.: how it makes money

Ormat Technologies develops, builds, owns, and operates geothermal and recovered energy power plants, selling electricity, and it also designs, manufactures, and sells equipment used in geothermal and recovered-energy electricity generation, plus it reports an Energy Storage segment.

Profit growth is tied to turning electricity capacity in the portfolio, plus the development and construction pipeline, into electricity sales (Electricity segment) and into equipment sales tied to geothermal and recovered-energy generation (Product segment).

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
Elec$0.2B
Prod$0.2B
Storage$0.0B

Business quality (Solid): Ormat reports revenue split evenly between Electricity and Product, with Energy Storage smaller, and it tracks operational capacity and contract activity, suggesting the business model depends on project pipeline conversion and ongoing equipment orders.

Valuation: At 56× earnings, ORA trades 155% above the Utilities average (22×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Integrated electricity and equipment approach: The Electricity segment develops, builds, owns, and operates power plants and sells electricity, while the Product segment designs, manufactures, and sells equipment for geothermal and recovered-energy electricity generation.
  • Capacity pipeline is explicitly monitored: Operational KPIs include Electricity Portfolio Net Additions and Electricity Portfolio Under Construction and Development Capacity, indicating management focuses on converting capacity additions into future operating results.
  • Geographic footprint: Ormat operates across the United States, Indonesia, Kenya, Turkey, Chile, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Honduras, and internationally.

Bear case

  • Development and construction execution risk: Because the company tracks under construction and development capacity, and also tracks bottleneck storage-related capacity, project timing and completion can affect how quickly capacity translates into results.
  • Order and contract timing risk in equipment: The Product segment includes New Contracts Signed Product Segment as an operating KPI, which implies equipment revenue growth can depend on winning and timing new contracts.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$108.33
Market Cap$6.66B
P/E Ratio47.6
EV / EBITDA11.3
Price / Book2.44
Price / Sales5.06
FCF Yield-6.6%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$989.54M
Net Margin12.5%
Revenue Growth (YoY)12.5%
EPS Growth (YoY)-0.5%
FCF Growth (YoY)270.9%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score1.53 (distress)
Piotroski F-Score4/9 (moderate)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E47.6
Sector P/E (Utilities)20.8
Industry P/E (Utilities)20.1
vs Sector128.4%
vs Industry137.1%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($1.07B)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Congressional Trades (recent)1
Company
SectorUtilities
IndustryUtilities
CEODoron Blachar
Employees1,512
CountryUS
IPO Date2004-11-11

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Data as of 2026-08-21.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.