Comparing Clean Energy Pathways (OTCMKTS:CPWY) and Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT)

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

Volatility and Risk

Clean Energy Pathways has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enlight Renewable Energy has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Clean Energy Pathways and Enlight Renewable Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Energy Pathways	0	0	0	0	0.00
Enlight Renewable Energy	1	4	2	0	2.14

Enlight Renewable Energy has a consensus price target of $26.40, suggesting a potential downside of 16.59%. Given Enlight Renewable Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Enlight Renewable Energy is more favorable than Clean Energy Pathways.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Clean Energy Pathways and Enlight Renewable Energy”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
Enlight Renewable Energy	$398.80 million	N/A	$44.21 million	$0.92	34.40

Enlight Renewable Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Clean Energy Pathways.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

38.9% of Enlight Renewable Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Clean Energy Pathways and Enlight Renewable Energy’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
Enlight Renewable Energy	23.58%	7.48%	1.97%

Summary

Enlight Renewable Energy beats Clean Energy Pathways on 9 of the 9 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 Enlight Renewable Energy

Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd operates a renewable energy platform in Israel, Central-Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and the United States. The company develops, finances, constructs, owns, and operates utility-scale renewable energy projects. It develops wind energy and solar energy projects, as well as energy storage projects. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Rosh Haayin, Israel.