Bouygues (OTCMKTS:BOUYF – Get Free Report) and ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Bouygues and ClearSign Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bouygues | $61.42 billion | 1.30 | $1.14 billion | $3.07 | 13.77 |
| ClearSign Technologies | $2.98 million | 15.20 | -$5.30 million | ($0.11) | -7.86 |
Profitability
This table compares Bouygues and ClearSign Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bouygues | 1.86% | 7.49% | 1.70% |
| ClearSign Technologies | -203.65% | -47.61% | -39.34% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
Bouygues has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Bouygues and ClearSign Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bouygues | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| ClearSign Technologies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
ClearSign Technologies has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 131.27%. Given ClearSign Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Bouygues.
Summary
Bouygues beats ClearSign Technologies on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Bouygues
Bouygues SA, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the construction, energy, telecom, media, and transport infrastructure sectors in France and internationally. The company designs, builds, renovates, operates, and deconstructs building, infrastructure, and industrial projects; develops urban planning, residential, and commercial projects; builds and maintains roads and motorways, airport runways, ports, industrial logistics hubs, external works and amenities, reserved-lane public transport, recreational facilities, and environmental projects, as well as undertakes civil engineering, road safety, and signaling activities; produces, distributes, sells, and recycles aggregates, emulsions, asphalt mixes, ready-mix concrete, and bitumen; construction, renewal, and maintenance of rail networks; and installation and maintenance of pipes and pipelines. It also provides design, installation, and maintenance services in various fields that include cooling and fire protection, digital and ICT, electrical, and mechanical and robotics, as well as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. In addition, the company produces TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1, and LCI complementary TV channels; operates Ushuaïa TV, Histoire TV, TV Breizh, and Serieclub channels; produces, broadcasts, and distributes content; operates la seine musical entertainment and concert venue; and entertainment and leisure comprising licenses, podcasts, music production, and live events. Further, it offers telecom services; and mobile and fixed network services. The company was founded in 1952 and is based in Paris, France.
About ClearSign Technologies
ClearSign Technologies Corporation designs and develops products and technologies to enhance emission and operational performance, energy efficiency, emission reduction, safety, and overall cost-effectiveness of industrial and commercial systems in the United States, the People's Republic of China, and Hong Kong. The company's technologies include ClearSign core burner technology consists of an industrial burner body and a downstream porous ceramic or metal flame stabilizing structure; ClearSign core process burner technology that provides a direct burner replacement for traditional refinery process heaters; ClearSign core boiler burner technology; ClearSign core flaring burners that can be used individually, or in combination, to provide a flare product with extremely low nitrogen oxide emissions; and ClearSign eye flame sensor, an electrical flame sensor for industrial applications. It serves energy, institutional, commercial and industrial boiler, chemical, and petrochemical industries. The company was formerly known as ClearSign Combustion Corporation and changed its name ClearSign Technologies Corporation in November 2019. ClearSign Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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