Clean Energy Technologies (CETY) versus Its Peers Critical Review

Clean Energy Technologies (NASDAQ:CETY) is one of 161 public companies in the “Specialty Industrial Machinery” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Clean Energy Technologies to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clean Energy Technologies	$15.11 million	-$5.66 million	-10.43
Clean Energy Technologies Competitors	$4.55 billion	$424.61 million	-43.80

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

Volatility and Risk

Clean Energy Technologies has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Energy Technologies’ peers have a beta of 1.12, indicating that their average share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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	-13.15%	-5.31%	0.66%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Clean Energy Technologies and its peers, 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	1039	3669	4752	44	2.40

As a group, “Specialty Industrial Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 11.96%. Given Clean Energy Technologies’ peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clean Energy Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.5% of Clean Energy Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of shares of all “Specialty Industrial Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 71.1% of Clean Energy Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.3% of shares of all “Specialty Industrial Machinery” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Clean Energy Technologies peers beat Clean Energy Technologies on 8 of the 10 factors compared.

About Clean Energy Technologies

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.