Clean Energy Pathways (OTCMKTS:CPWY) vs. TC Energy (NYSE:TRP) Head-To-Head Contrast

Clean Energy Pathways (OTCMKTS:CPWY) and TC Energy (NYSE:TRP) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Clean Energy Pathways and TC Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clean Energy Pathways	N/A	N/A	N/A
TC Energy	23.86%	10.61%	3.16%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Clean Energy Pathways and TC Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clean Energy Pathways	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TC Energy	$10.05 billion	5.70	$3.43 billion	$2.32	23.72

TC Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Clean Energy Pathways.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Clean Energy Pathways and TC Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Energy Pathways	0	0	0	0	0.00
TC Energy	0	3	7	2	2.92

TC Energy has a consensus price target of $84.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.62%. Given TC Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TC Energy is more favorable than Clean Energy Pathways.

Volatility & Risk

Clean Energy Pathways has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TC Energy has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

83.1% of TC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

TC Energy beats Clean Energy Pathways on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Clean Energy Pathways

Clean Energy Pathways, Inc. operates as a multifaceted development-stage alternative energy company. It focuses on developing fossil fuel replacements utilizing clean burning biomass fuel, solar photo voltaic panels for power generation, and solar thermal application for heating water in commercial and residential applications; and LED lighting replacements for high energy and heat producing incandescent and mercury vapor lighting. It is also working to develop carbon neutral organic fertilizers. The company was formerly known as XcelPlus Global Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Clean Energy Pathways, Inc. in August 2010. Clean Energy Pathways, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Buffalo, Wyoming.

About TC Energy

TC Energy Corporation operates as an energy infrastructure company in North America. It operates through five segments: Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines; U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines; Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines; Liquids Pipelines; and Power and Energy Solutions. The company builds and operates a network of 93,600 kilometers of natural gas pipelines, which transports natural gas from supply basins to local distribution companies, power generation plants, industrial facilities, interconnecting pipelines, LNG export terminals, and other businesses. It also has regulated natural gas storage facilities with a total working gas capacity of 532 billion cubic feet. In addition, it has approximately 4,900 kilometers of liquids pipeline system that connects Alberta crude oil pipeline to refining markets in Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, and the United States Gulf Coast. Further, the company owns or has interests in power generation facilities with approximately 4,600 megawatts; and owns and operates approximately 118 billion cubic feet of non-regulated natural gas storage facilities in in Alberta, Ontario, Québec, and New Brunswick. The company was formerly known as TransCanada Corporation and changed its name to TC Energy Corporation in May 2019. TC Energy Corporation was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.