Reviewing Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) & Clean Energy Pathways (OTCMKTS:CPWY)

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

Brookfield Renewable presently 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, equities research analysts plainly believe Brookfield Renewable is more favorable than Clean Energy Pathways.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Brookfield Renewable and Clean Energy Pathways”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Renewable	$3.73 billion	1.51	-$2.34 billion	N/A	N/A
Clean Energy Pathways	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Renewable	-62.40%	-24.65%	-4.95%
Clean Energy Pathways	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

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

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.

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.