Financial Comparison: Clean Energy Pathways (OTCMKTS:CPWY) vs. Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Clean Energy Pathways and Brookfield Renewable, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Energy Pathways	0	0	0	0	0.00
Brookfield Renewable	2	1	1	0	1.75

Brookfield Renewable has a consensus price target of $42.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.53%. Given Brookfield Renewable’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable is more favorable than Clean Energy Pathways.

Risk & Volatility

Clean Energy Pathways has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Clean Energy Pathways and Brookfield Renewable”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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
Brookfield Renewable	$3.73 billion	1.51	-$2.34 billion	N/A	N/A

Clean Energy Pathways has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Renewable.

Profitability

This table compares Clean Energy Pathways and Brookfield Renewable’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
Brookfield Renewable	-62.40%	-24.65%	-4.95%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Brookfield Renewable beats Clean Energy Pathways on 6 of the 9 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 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.