Comparing Clean Energy Pathways (OTCMKTS:CPWY) and FANUC (OTCMKTS:FANUY)

Clean Energy Pathways (OTCMKTS:CPWY) and FANUC (OTCMKTS:FANUY) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.5% of FANUC shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Clean Energy Pathways has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FANUC has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Clean Energy Pathways and FANUC, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Energy Pathways	0	0	0	0	0.00
FANUC	0	0	0	1	4.00

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clean Energy Pathways	N/A	N/A	N/A
FANUC	17.59%	7.98%	7.12%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Clean Energy Pathways and FANUC”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clean Energy Pathways	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FANUC	$5.51 billion	4.77	$918.80 million	$0.53	24.89

FANUC has higher revenue and earnings than Clean Energy Pathways.

Summary

FANUC beats Clean Energy Pathways on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About FANUC

FANUC Corporation provides factory automation products in Japan, the Americas, Europe, China, the rest of Asia, and internationally. The company offers CNC series products, servo motors, lasers, robots, compact machining centers, electric injection molding machines, wire electrical discharge machines, and ultra-precision machines. It also provides FANUC intelligent edge link and drive system, an open platform for the manufacturing industry. FANUC Corporation was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Yamanashi, Japan.