Latest Ratios: P/E Ratio 13.8x · EV/EBITDA 13.8x · ROE 3.1%. (2019–2025 historical series)
Price-based multiples — how expensive the stock is relative to earnings, sales, book value, and cash flow
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $60M | $69M | $94M | $152M | $190M | $251M | — | — |
| Enterprise Value | $388M | $397M | $380M | $324M | $329M | $441M | — | — |
| P/E Ratio → | 13.80 | 15.70 | 167.00 | 8.00 | 56.00 | 6.09 | — | — |
| P/S Ratio | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.31 | 0.59 | 0.81 | 1.51 | — | — |
| P/B Ratio | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.50 | 2.65 | — | — |
| P/FCF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| P/OCF | 1.64 | 1.89 | 2.84 | 3.97 | — | 13.32 | — | — |
P/E links to full P/E history page with 30-year chart
Enterprise-value multiples — capital-structure-neutral measures of total business value
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Revenue | — | 1.14 | 1.27 | 1.27 | 1.40 | 2.65 | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.79 | 14.10 | 9.66 | 14.91 | 15.41 | 20.34 | — | — |
| EV / EBIT | 79.36 | 81.17 | 16.65 | 2.38 | 8.32 | 9.27 | — | — |
| EV / FCF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Margins and return-on-capital ratios measuring operating efficiency
Full margin charts and quarterly trend are on the Earnings History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 24.0% | 24.0% | 33.4% | 28.2% | 30.9% | 30.7% | 23.4% | 24.0% |
| Operating Margin | 1.4% | 1.4% | 7.1% | 2.7% | 3.2% | 6.6% | -15.2% | 0.7% |
| Net Profit Margin | 4.2% | 4.2% | 3.7% | 11.7% | 4.8% | 0.1% | -21.5% | -4.4% |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE | 3.1% | 3.1% | 2.4% | 7.2% | 4.8% | 0.3% | -100.9% | -26.5% |
| ROA | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 4.3% | 2.2% | 0.1% | -15.1% | -3.2% |
| ROIC | 0.5% | 0.5% | 2.3% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 4.1% | -10.9% | — |
| ROCE | 0.6% | 0.6% | 2.9% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 6.0% | -14.9% | 0.7% |
Solvency and debt-coverage ratios — lower is generally safer
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / Equity | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.67 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 2.41 | 3.41 | 5.80 |
| Debt / EBITDA | 12.52 | 12.52 | 7.89 | 9.69 | 8.42 | 10.57 | — | 13.24 |
| Net Debt / Equity | — | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 2.00 | 2.99 | 5.25 |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | 11.65 | 11.65 | 7.27 | 7.93 | 6.52 | 8.75 | — | 11.99 |
| Debt / FCF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interest Coverage | 0.18 | 0.18 | 1.06 | 12.76 | 5.69 | 6.98 | -0.25 | 0.16 |
Short-term solvency ratios and asset-utilisation metrics
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.13 | 1.72 | 1.39 | 0.61 | 1.19 | 0.92 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.03 | 1.59 | 1.34 | 0.58 | 1.10 | 0.85 |
| Cash Ratio | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.65 | 0.69 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.21 |
| Asset Turnover | — | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.44 | 0.69 | 0.72 |
| Inventory Turnover | 24.19 | 24.19 | 19.41 | 18.05 | 22.27 | 22.37 | 21.25 | 24.01 |
| Days Sales Outstanding | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Earnings, FCF, buyback, and dividend yields — total returns to shareholders
Full dividend history and growth charts are on the Dividend History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend Yield | 17.3% | 15.2% | 13.9% | 10.9% | — | 1.5% | — | — |
| Payout Ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1759.5% | — | — |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings Yield | 7.2% | 6.4% | 0.6% | 12.5% | 1.8% | 16.4% | — | — |
| FCF Yield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Buyback Yield | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — |
| Total Shareholder Yield | 17.3% | 15.2% | 13.9% | 21.7% | 0.0% | 1.5% | — | — |
| Shares Outstanding | — | $29M | $28M | $27M | $26M | $25M | $25M | $25M |
Environmental credit price volatility
Based on reported figures, OPAL's 17.1% dividend yield and 13.93 P/E ratio suggest a market pricing model that struggles to reconcile the company's growth-stage infrastructure profile with the stable, low-beta expectations typically applied to regulated utilities, warranting caution regarding the sustainability of current valuation multiples.
The elevated dividend yield appears to be a function of price compression rather than a reflection of mature, reliable cash distributions. Investors should monitor whether the market is misclassifying OPAL as a bond proxy, as the underlying earnings volatility from environmental credit markets suggests a risk profile far more aligned with commodity producers than traditional regulated utilities.
According to recent SEC filings, OPAL's earned ROE has remained consistently low, fluctuating between 0.3% and 1.4% over the last ten quarters, which indicates a significant disconnect between the company's capital deployment and the returns required to justify its infrastructure-heavy business model in a regulated context.
The persistent inability to generate meaningful ROE suggests that the company is currently in a value-destructive phase where capital expenditures are not yet yielding commensurate earnings. This performance gap may indicate that regulatory or market-based cost recovery mechanisms are failing to compensate for the high fixed-cost burden of the biogas project portfolio.
As reported in financial statements, OPAL's debt-to-capital ratio has trended upward to 0.47 in 2026Q1, reflecting an increasing reliance on leverage to fund its biogas infrastructure expansion while equity remains highly unstable due to non-operating accounting adjustments and inconsistent bottom-line profitability.
The fluctuating debt-to-capital ratio suggests that the company's balance sheet is currently vulnerable to shifts in external financing conditions. Investors should monitor the FFO interest coverage, which has frequently dipped into negative territory, as this indicates a potential strain on the company's ability to service its debt obligations from core operations.
Based on the provided financial history, the dividend payout ratio has reached as high as 109.9% in 2025Q1, which suggests that current distributions are not supported by recurring operating cash flows and may be reliant on external financing or non-operating income sources to maintain payments.
The extreme variability in dividend coverage ratios implies that the current payout policy is not aligned with the company's underlying cash generation capabilities. This warrants further investigation into whether management is prioritizing dividend continuity over the internal funding of its critical CAPEX program, potentially hindering long-term growth.
The most commonly misapplied metric for OPAL is the traditional P/E ratio, which obscures the company's true risk profile by ignoring the commodity-like volatility of RIN and LCFS credits that drive the majority of its earnings, unlike the predictable rate-based returns of a standard utility.
Investors should instead focus on EV/EBITDA or cash-flow-based metrics that account for the company's heavy depreciation and project-based revenue recognition. Applying a utility-style P/E multiple to OPAL risks fundamentally mispricing the company by failing to account for the regulatory and commodity risks inherent in the RNG production business.
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OPAL Fuels Inc.'s current P/E ratio is 13.8x. The historical average is 50.6x. This places it at the 40th percentile of its historical range.
OPAL Fuels Inc.'s current EV/EBITDA is 13.8x. This enterprise value multiple compares the company's total value (equity + debt - cash) to its EBITDA. The historical average is 14.9x.
OPAL Fuels Inc.'s return on equity (ROE) is 3.1%. The historical average is -15.7%.
Based on historical data, OPAL Fuels Inc. is trading at a P/E of 13.8x. This is at the 40th percentile of its historical P/E range. Compare with industry peers and growth rates for a complete picture.
OPAL Fuels Inc.'s current dividend yield is 17.29%.
OPAL Fuels Inc. has 24.0% gross margin and 1.4% operating margin.
OPAL Fuels Inc.'s Debt/EBITDA ratio is 12.5x, indicating high leverage. A ratio above 4x may signal elevated financial risk.