Head-To-Head Survey: Clean Energy Technologies (CETY) versus The Competition

Clean Energy Technologies (NASDAQ:CETY) is one of 20 publicly-traded companies in the “Natural gas distribution” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Clean Energy Technologies to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Clean Energy Technologies has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Energy Technologies’ competitors have a beta of 0.84, suggesting that their average stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Clean Energy Technologies and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clean Energy Technologies	-9.04%	-22.82%	-10.30%
Clean Energy Technologies Competitors	10.41%	-7.86%	3.88%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Clean Energy Technologies and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clean Energy Technologies	$15.11 million	$150,000.00	-10.50
Clean Energy Technologies Competitors	$9.36 billion	$508.81 million	37.89

Clean Energy Technologies’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Clean Energy Technologies. Clean Energy Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.5% of Clean Energy Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of shares of all “Natural gas distribution” companies are owned by institutional investors. 71.1% of Clean Energy Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of shares of all “Natural gas distribution” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Clean Energy Technologies and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Energy Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
Clean Energy Technologies Competitors	368	915	630	15	2.15

As a group, “Natural gas distribution” companies have a potential upside of 9.01%. Given Clean Energy Technologies’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clean Energy Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Clean Energy Technologies competitors beat Clean Energy Technologies on 9 of the 10 factors compared.

Clean Energy Technologies Company Profile

Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. designs, produces, and markets clean energy products and integrated solutions that focuses on energy efficiency and renewable energy. The company operates through four segments: Clean Energy Solutions, CETY Europe, Electronic Manufacturing Business, and CETY HK. It offers Clean Cycle, which generates electricity by recycling wasted heat produced in manufacturing, waste to energy, and power generation facilities. The company also converts waste products created in manufacturing, agriculture, wastewater treatment plants, and other industries to electricity, renewable natural gas, hydrogen, and bio char. In addition, it offers engineering, consulting, and project management solutions. Further, the company is involved in the sourcing and suppling of liquefied natural gas to industries and municipalities located in the southern part of Sichuan Province and portions of Yunnan Province. The company was formerly known as Probe Manufacturing, Inc. and changed its name to Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. in November 2015. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of MGW Investment I Ltd.