Ormat Technologies, Inc. (ORA) Dividends

ORA Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. As for ORA, the DDM model, as implemented by StockNews, implies a negative return of 78.92% relative to its current price. Digging deeper, the aspects of Ormat Technologies Inc's dividend discount model that we found most interesting were:

• As for its position relative to other Utilities stocks that issue dividends, ORA provides shareholders with a dividend yield greater than only 0% such stocks.
• In comparison to other US listed dividend yielding stocks in the Utilities sector, the expected return of -78.92%, based on the stock's current share price and target price based on a dividend discount model, is greater than only 1.37% of the DDM-forecasted return of its its sector peers.
• Compared to all dividend issuing stocks in our set, Ormat Technologies Inc bears a discount rate, according to our calculations, lower than only 1.37% of them (lower discount rates are generally perceived as positive, and a sign of lower risk).
• Beta, a measure of volatility relative to the stock market overall, is lower for ORA than it is for 2.74% of other equities in the Utilities sector that also issue dividends.

ORA Dividends vs. Peers