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ORA vs SO
Side-by-side comparison of Ormat Technologies Inc. (ORA) and Southern Company (SO): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both ORA and SO operate in Electric Utilities: Central (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
- SO is the larger of the two at $103.50B, about 15.8x ORA ($6.53B).
- SO has been more active in the news (5 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for ORA).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
Ormat Technologies Inc.
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. The company 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. This segment also 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.
Southern Company
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. It operates in four segments: Gas Distribution Operations, Gas Pipeline Investments, Wholesale Gas Services, and Gas Marketing Services. The company also constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy and battery energy storage projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, wholesale gas services, and gas pipeline investments operations. It owns and/or operates 30 hydroelectric generating stations, 24 fossil fuel generating stations, 3 nuclear generating stations, 13 combined cycle/cogeneration stations, 44 solar facilities, 13 wind facilities, 1 fuel cell facility, and 1 battery storage facility; and constructs, operates, and maintains 75,924 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.6 million electric and gas utility customers. It also provides products and services in the areas of energy efficiency, and utility infrastructure. In addition, the company offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Latest ORA
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Ormat Technologies Inc.
- Ormat Technologies Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition
- Ormat Technologies Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
- EVP, Electricity Segment Willis Aron John converted options into 1,812 shares and sold $48,095 worth of shares (451 units at $106.64) (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding tax
- Ormat Technologies, Inc. to Host Conference Call Announcing Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
- Bernstein initiated coverage on Ormat Tech with a new price target
- Ormat Technologies Accelerates Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) Deployments and Introduces Ormega100 Unit to Commercialize and Scale the Largest Binary Unit in the Industry
- Wolfe Research initiated coverage on Ormat Tech
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Angel Isaac
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Stern Stanley
Latest SO
- Georgia Power's Learning Power program marks 15 years and 1.5 million Georgia students reached
- Georgia Power Generation employees keep reliable energy flowing throughout the hottest days of summer
- Southern Power Foundation distributes grant to Haskell County, Texas, fire department
- Southern Company announces upsize and pricing of $725 million in aggregate principal amount of Series 2026A 2.125% Convertible Senior Notes due December 15, 2027 and $1.65 billion in aggregate principal amount of Series 2026B 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due September 15, 2029
- Southern Company announces offerings of $650 million in aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due December 15, 2027 and $1.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due September 15, 2029
- Georgia Power, Department of Energy and elected officials celebrate the future of energy production at Plant Bowen
- Southern Company reports second-quarter 2026 earnings
- Georgia Power cuts ribbon on new Moody battery energy storage facility paired with solar
- ALABAMA POWER ANNOUNCES ADDITIONS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Southern Company Joins President Trump's Ratepayer Protection Pledge, Reinforcing Customer-First Approach to Powering Growth