Oklo (NYSE:OKLO) versus Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) Financial Survey

Oklo (NYSE:OKLO) and Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Oklo and Brookfield Renewable, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oklo	0	2	1	0	2.33
Brookfield Renewable	0	1	0	0	2.00

Oklo currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 44.60%. Brookfield Renewable has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.33%. Given Brookfield Renewable’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Renewable is more favorable than Oklo.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Oklo and Brookfield Renewable”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oklo	N/A	N/A	$11.87 million	N/A	N/A
Brookfield Renewable	$4.11 billion	1.46	-$181.00 million	($0.46)	-72.72

Oklo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Renewable.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

85.0% of Oklo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of Oklo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Oklo and Brookfield Renewable’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oklo	N/A	-68.04%	-11.20%
Brookfield Renewable	2.37%	0.79%	0.29%

Risk and Volatility

Oklo has a beta of -0.24, indicating that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Brookfield Renewable beats Oklo on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oklo

Oklo Inc. designs and develops fission power plants to provide reliable and commercial-scale energy to customers in the United States. It also provides used nuclear fuel recycling services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

About Brookfield Renewable

Brookfield Renewable Corporation owns and operates a portfolio of renewable power and sustainable solution assets primarily in the United States, Europe, Colombia, and Brazil. It operates hydroelectric, wind, solar, and distributed energy and sustainable solutions with an installed capacity of approximately 19,161 megawatts. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Brookfield Renewable Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Brookfield BRP Holdings (Canada) Inc.