Head-To-Head Review: Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO) versus Clean Energy Pathways (OTCMKTS:CPWY)

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Gevo and Clean Energy Pathways”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gevo	$174.42 million	2.27	-$33.84 million	($0.13)	-12.50
Clean Energy Pathways	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

35.2% of Gevo shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Gevo shares are held 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gevo	-19.38%	-5.06%	-3.41%
Clean Energy Pathways	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Gevo and Clean Energy Pathways, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gevo	1	2	2	0	2.20
Clean Energy Pathways	0	0	0	0	0.00

Gevo currently has a consensus target price of $2.88, indicating a potential upside of 76.92%. Given Gevo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Gevo is more favorable than Clean Energy Pathways.

Summary

Gevo beats Clean Energy Pathways on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gevo

Gevo, Inc. operates as a carbon abatement company. It operates through three segments: Gevo, Agri-Energy, and Renewable Natural Gas. The company focuses on transforming renewable energy into energy-dense liquid hydrocarbons that can be used as renewable fuels. It offers renewable gasoline and diesel, isobutanol, sustainable aviation fuel, renewable natural gas, isobutylene, ethanol, and animal feed and protein. The company was formerly known as Methanotech, Inc. and changed its name to Gevo, Inc. in March 2006. Gevo, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

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.