Critical Survey: Orrön Energy AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:LNDNF) and Vistra (NYSE:VST)

Vistra (NYSE:VST) and Orrön Energy AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:LNDNF) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

90.9% of Vistra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.5% of Orrön Energy AB (publ) shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Vistra shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Vistra and Orrön Energy AB (publ), as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vistra	0	2	14	1	2.94
Orrön Energy AB (publ)	0	0	0	0	0.00

Vistra presently has a consensus price target of $223.53, indicating a potential upside of 61.04%. Given Vistra’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vistra is more favorable than Orrön Energy AB (publ).

Profitability

This table compares Vistra and Orrön Energy AB (publ)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vistra	11.55%	108.68%	7.67%
Orrön Energy AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Vistra and Orrön Energy AB (publ)”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vistra	$19.21 billion	2.42	$944.00 million	$5.92	23.45
Orrön Energy AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.10	7.22

Vistra has higher revenue and earnings than Orrön Energy AB (publ). Orrön Energy AB (publ) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Vistra beats Orrön Energy AB (publ) on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vistra

Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company. The company operates through six segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. It retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across states in the United States and the District of Columbia. In addition, the company is involved in the electricity generation, wholesale energy purchases and sales, commodity risk management, fuel production, and fuel logistics management activities. It serves approximately 4 million customers with a generation capacity of approximately 37,000 megawatts with a portfolio of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company was formerly known as Vistra Energy Corp. and changed its name to Vistra Corp. in July 2020. Vistra Corp. was founded in 1882 and is based in Irving, Texas.

About Orrön Energy AB (publ)

Orrön Energy AB (publ) operates as an independent renewable energy company in the Nordics, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France. It owns and operates wind turbines with installed capacity of 300 MW and Karskruv wind farm with installed capacity of 86 MW in Sweden; Metsälamminkangas wind farms in Finland with installed capacity of 132 MW; and Leikanger hydropower plant in Norway with capacity of 77 MW. The company was formerly known as Lundin Energy AB (publ) and changed its name to Orrön Energy AB (publ) in July 2022. Orrön Energy AB (publ) was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.