OPAL Fuels Inc. (OPAL)Utilities | Utilities - Regulated Gas | White Plains, United States | NasdaqCM
2.56 USD
+0.06
(2.400%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 2.51 -0.05 (-0.050%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:27 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 1:01 a.m. EDT
OPAL Fuels is flashing classic bearish divergence flags. The fundamental thesis is damaged: negative book value (-$0.44/share), negative free cash flow (-$59M), and a recent 'Strong Sell' from Zacks. The technicals confirm this weakness with the stock trading well below its 200-day average and showing <2.3% volume relative to average, signaling lack of buyer interest. Most alarmingly, the asymmetric options skew (extremely high implied volatility for immediate puts vs negligible call activity) reveals a crowd betting on a failure, likely triggered by quarterly underwhelming performance or the recent downgrade narrative. Until FCF turns positive and guidance stabilizes, this is a cash-burning value trap. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.108298 |
| AutoETS | 0.108300 |
| MSTL | 0.119029 |
| AutoTheta | 0.133224 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.87 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.403 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.91 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Utilities |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 73.98 |
| Revenue per Share | 12.402 |
| Market Cap | 443,904,384 |
| Trailing P/E | 17.07 |
| Forward P/E | 13.47 |
| Beta | 0.93 |
| Profit Margins | 4.23% |
| Website | https://opalfuels.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 1:01 a.m. EDT: Options flow indicates strong near-term protective positioning. For the April 17 expiration (1-day out), Put Open Interest is heavily concentrated at the ATM (211 contracts) compared to only 4 ITM contracts, with very low or zero OI at the $5.00 strike, suggesting sellers are not hedging for massive upside but are focused on capping downside or realizing losses near current price. Conversely, the $5.00 strike (OTM) shows significant Put OI (4 contracts) at a massive discount (last price $2.6 vs strike $5.0), indicating speculative naked put selling (betting on further decline or dividend-related dips), or potentially pinning/protection at a distance, though volume is low. The spread between ATM IV for Puts (5.63) and Calls (1.0) on the immediate expiration suggests a strong seller bias or lack of call support near current levels. Upcoming months (June/Sept) show OI skewed towards OTM strikes ($5.00) regardless of underlying direction, indicating distant hedging or speculation that assumes a wider trading range, but the overall sentiment is dominated by resistance at the $2.50 region.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.939394 |
| Address1 | One North Lexington Avenue |
| Address2 | Suite 1450 |
| All Time High | 12.352 |
| All Time Low | 1.26 |
| Ask | 2.56 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 127,660 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 226,053 |
| Average Volume | 226,053 |
| Average Volume10Days | 127,660 |
| Beta | 0.933 |
| Bid | 2.52 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 10 |
| Book Value | -0.446 |
| City | White Plains |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.56 |
| Current Ratio | 1.177 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 2.575 |
| Day Low | 2.5 |
| Debt To Equity | 73.98 |
| Display Name | OPAL Fuels |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,773,673,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,773,673,200 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 2.802 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,773,664,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Ebitda | 23,032,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.066 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 40.325 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.661 |
| Enterprise Value | 928,761,856 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.235 |
| Eps Forward | 0.19 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.15 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.2703 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.28970003 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.1276043 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 93.9394 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 4.08 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.52 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.37254903 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.3 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.26 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.9692308 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.3 - 4.08 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,621,863,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 15,731,658 |
| Forward Eps | 0.19 |
| Forward P E | 13.473684 |
| Free Cashflow | -59,553,752 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Full Time Employees | 330 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.26145 |
| Gross Profits | 91,239,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.27295 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.65484 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 173,400,158 |
| Industry | Utilities - Regulated Gas |
| Industry Disp | Utilities - Regulated Gas |
| Industry Key | utilities-regulated-gas |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | OPAL Fuels Inc. together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of renewable natural gas (RNG) for use as a vehicle fuel for heavy and medium-duty trucking fleets throughout the United States. It operates through three segments, RNG Fuel, Fuel Station Services and Renewable Power. The company also designs, develops, constructs, operates, and services fueling stations for trucking fleets that use natural gas to displace diesel as transportation fuel. In addition, it is involved in the design, development, and construction of hydrogen fueling stations. Further, the company engages in the generation and sale of renewable power to utilities; and environmental attributes associated with RNG and renewable power, as well as sale of RNG as pipeline quality natural gas. OPAL Fuels Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in White Plains, New York. |
| Long Name | OPAL Fuels Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 443,904,384 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_226080908 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 4,283,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 74,155,863 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 7 |
| Open | 2.54 |
| Operating Cashflow | 36,498,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.058590002 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 914 705 4000 |
| Post Market Change | -0.049999952 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -1.9531232 |
| Post Market Price | 2.51 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,464,830 |
| Previous Close | 2.5 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 10.893617 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | -5.73991 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.2720234 |
| Profit Margins | 0.04227 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.938 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0599999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.4 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.575 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.5 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.5 - 2.575 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.54 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.5 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.56 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 132,242 |
| Return On Assets | 0.0032499998 |
| Return On Equity | 0.07564 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.247 |
| Revenue Per Share | 12.402 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Sector Disp | Utilities |
| Sector Key | utilities |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 29,001,120 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0511 |
| Shares Short | 1,481,259 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,579,266 |
| Short Name | OPAL Fuels Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0616 |
| Short Ratio | 5.15 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | OPAL |
| Target High Price | 4.0 |
| Target Low Price | 2.4 |
| Target Mean Price | 3.20857 |
| Target Median Price | 3.0 |
| Total Cash | 24,408,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.842 |
| Total Debt | 368,240,000 |
| Total Revenue | 348,975,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.15 |
| Trailing P E | 17.066666 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.361475 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.19852495 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.0840682 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 132,242 |
| Website | https://opalfuels.com |
| Zip | 10,601 |