Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for ORA in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Sep 28 close
This week's news centers on Ormat's geothermal development funding, with the company selected for up to $35 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance Enhanced Geothermal Systems and hydrothermal projects at its Dixie Valley, Nevada and Cove Fort, Utah sites, work done in collaboration with SLB and the University of Utah. Separately, Sage Geosystems has chosen Ormat's Blue Mountain power plant in Nevada for its Project Vector EGS facility, with drilling of two wells planned by Q4 2026 and full production targeted by 2028. Coverage has also weighed valuation, with one comparison noting a P/E ratio of 46.9x against a peer average of 29.2x.
Shares closed at $90.36, down 3.5% on the day and off 13.9% over the past month, sitting below both the 50-day average of $102.32 and the 200-day average of $114.36, with the shorter average also below the longer one. The GekkoIndex reads 66.2, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. Price sits 21.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $114.53.
The next earnings report is scheduled for 2 November 2026, 34 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter saw EPS of $0.50 against a $0.29 estimate with a 7.3% reaction. Smart-money and options windows show no insider, Congress or unusual options activity in their respective periods. Seasonality over 5 years shows the next 20 trading days from this point averaging +1.9%, positive in 4 of those years. Consensus among 8 firms stands at 6 buy and 2 hold ratings, with a $132.42 target.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Ormat Technologies scores 4 supportive, 0 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
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4 supportive0 mixed1 headwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $90.36 is below the 50-day ($102.32) and 200-day ($114.36) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart66.2, Accumulation
Reading 66.2 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex21.1% below
Price is 21.1% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart moneyReports in 34 days
Next report Nov 2, 2026, 34 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings+1.9% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1.9% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
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Ormat Technologies closed at $90.36 on Sep 28, 2026, −3.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $90.12 to $146.39.
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Ormat Technologies works in geothermal and recovered energy power, with a presence spanning the United States, Indonesia, Kenya, Turkey, Chile, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Honduras and other locations abroad. It is known for building and running power facilities that convert geothermal, solar and recovered energy sources into electricity for sale.
The company operates through three units. Its Electricity Generation arm designs, builds, owns and operates plants that produce and sell power from geothermal, solar and recovered energy sources. Product Manufacturing makes equipment for geothermal and recovered energy generation, including fossil-fuel turbo-generators and heavy-duty direct-current units, and also handles engineering, procurement, construction, and operation and maintenance work for power plants; its customers include contractors, developers, owners and operators of geothermal facilities along with industrial users such as gas pipeline operators, gas processing plants and cement producers. The Energy Storage Solutions unit covers construction and upkeep of energy storage systems.
Ormat Technologies was founded in 1965 and is based in Reno, Nevada. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker ORA.
Ormat Technologies’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 66.2, in the Accumulation zone, up 2 points over five sessions.
Up 2 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 22 | +0.7% | −4.5% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 183 | 0.0% | +1.9% | ||
| Neutral | 430 | +0.5% | +1.8% | ||
| Distribution | 36 | +0.2% | +1.8% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average ORA share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
Ormat Technologies trades 21.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $114.53, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Ormat Technologies shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$114.53
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026
21.1% Undervalued
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Ormat Technologies, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for ORA in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in ORA were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Ormat Technologies has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
0of the funds Gekko tracks hold ORA.
Ormat Technologies reports on Nov 2, 2026 (34 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Nov 2, 2026
34 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.50 est $0.29 | $258.8M est $240.0M | +7.3% |
| May 6, 2026 | $1.30 est $0.90 | $403.9M est $349.2M | +6.2% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.67 est $0.65 | $276.0M est $257.7M | −8.1% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.41 est $0.37 | $249.7M est $257.7M | +2.1% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.48 est $0.37 | $234.0M est $235.0M | +2.5% |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.68 est $0.58 | $229.8M est $227.5M | +2.9% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.72 est $0.47 | $230.7M est $235.1M | +0.6% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.42 est $0.31 | $211.8M est $238.3M | +1.5% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Ormat Technologies is $132.42, +46.5% from the last close, from 8 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 8 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | Roth MKM | $130 | +43.9% |
| Sep 9 | J.P. Morgan | $131 | +45.0% |
| Sep 9 | Oppenheimer | $145 | +60.5% |
| Sep 8 | RBC Capital | $130 | +43.9% |
| Sep 4 | Bernstein | $112 | +23.9% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Ormat Technologies averaged +1.9% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.3% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +2.4% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +2.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +1.9% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +9.3% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, ORA’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.3%.
Ormat Technologies’s market cap is $5.55B, with a P/E ratio of 45.9 and revenue of $1.19B over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Ormat Technologies this week reads positive: 5 positive, 2 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
Ormat Technologies’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| NEENextEra Energy | Buying | 24.8% below |
| SOSouthern | Buying | 0.3% above |
| CEGConstellation Energy | Accumulation | 0.3% above |
| DUKDuke Energy | Buying | 10.3% above |
| AEPAmerican Electric Power | Buying | 7.2% above |
| DDominion Energy | Accumulation | 11.9% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Ormat Technologies’s market cap is $5.55B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $90.36, with 61.50M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 45.9.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Ormat Technologies is $132.42, +46.5% from the last close. Of the 8 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 6 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Ormat Technologies is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $90.36 is 21.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $114.53. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Ormat Technologies is expected to report on Nov 2, 2026 (34 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.28 per share on revenue of $248.7M. Ormat Technologies beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.9% on average across the report.
Ormat Technologies’s 52-week high is $146.39 and its 52-week low is $90.12; it closed at $90.36 on Sep 28, 2026, −3.6% over the past year.
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