Contrasting Clean Energy Technologies (CETY) and Its Peers

Clean Energy Technologies (NASDAQ:CETY) is one of 21 publicly-traded companies in the “Natural gas distribution” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Clean Energy Technologies to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Clean Energy Technologies and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clean Energy Technologies	$15.11 million	-$5.66 million	-10.43
Clean Energy Technologies Competitors	$15.57 billion	$1.03 billion	36.63

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Clean Energy Technologies and its peers, as reported 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	374	972	842	34	2.24

As a group, “Natural gas distribution” companies have a potential upside of 11.80%. Given Clean Energy Technologies’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clean Energy Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clean Energy Technologies	-37.45%	-98.48%	-50.41%
Clean Energy Technologies Competitors	11.01%	-7.75%	1.88%

Risk and Volatility

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.5% of Clean Energy Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.2% 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, 14.0% of shares of all “Natural gas distribution” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Clean Energy Technologies peers 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 in the United States. It operates through four segments: Clean Energy HRS and CETY Europe, CETY Renewables Waste to Energy Solutions, engineering and Manufacturing Business, and CETY HK. The company offers Clean Cycle, which generates electricity by recycling wasted heat produced in manufacturing, waste to energy, and power generation facilities. It 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, the company 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. Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. is a subsidiary of MGW Investment I Ltd.