Clean Energy Technologies (NASDAQ:CETY) and Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO) Financial Contrast

Clean Energy Technologies (NASDAQ:CETY) and Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.5% of Clean Energy Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Gevo shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.5% of Clean Energy Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Gevo shares are owned by company 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.

Volatility & Risk

Clean Energy Technologies has a beta of -1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 253% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gevo has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Clean Energy Technologies and Gevo”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clean Energy Technologies	$2.28 million	1.99	-$4.42 million	($1.22)	-0.70
Gevo	$160.58 million	2.77	-$33.84 million	($0.13)	-14.08

Clean Energy Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gevo. Gevo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clean Energy Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clean Energy Technologies	-192.29%	-84.63%	-35.69%
Gevo	-21.07%	-7.20%	-4.86%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Clean Energy Technologies and Gevo, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Energy Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
Gevo	1	2	2	0	2.20

Gevo has a consensus target price of $6.58, suggesting a potential upside of 259.74%. Given Gevo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gevo is more favorable than Clean Energy Technologies.

Summary

Gevo beats Clean Energy Technologies on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.