ORAOrmat Technologies, Inc.
Is the business good?
The checks split: earnings fully cash-backed (1.8×), but margins compressing.
Mixed fundamental signals. Nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year health from the filings.
Operating profit is fully backed by cash. Conversion is worsening vs a year ago.
Negative operating leverage, costs are rising faster than sales, squeezing margins as it grows.
A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 5% = margin × turnover × leverage.
Unless marked, from derived.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is ORA?
Ormat Technologies, Inc. keeps 17% of every revenue dollar as operating profit, against 22% for the median Utilities name.
Operating margin · Utilities median 22% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.79×
Cash conversion · 3.33× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- +2.5%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
- R&D as % of revenue
- 0.42%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 30% |
| FY2021 | 26% |
| FY2022 | 21% |
| FY2023 | 20% |
| FY2024 | 20% |
| FY2025 | 17% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 28%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 17%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 11%
- Free cash flow margin
- −22%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 0.42%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $1.19B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- −$265M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $127M
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.