Reviewing Clean Energy Pathways (OTCMKTS:CPWY) & Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN)

Clean Energy Pathways (OTCMKTS:CPWY) and Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Clean Energy Pathways and Talen Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Energy Pathways	0	0	0	0	0.00
Talen Energy	0	3	12	0	2.80

Talen Energy has a consensus target price of $448.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.66%. Given Talen Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Talen Energy is more favorable than Clean Energy Pathways.

Profitability

This table compares Clean Energy Pathways and Talen 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
Talen Energy	-0.63%	41.58%	6.00%

Risk and Volatility

Clean Energy Pathways has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talen Energy has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.4% of Talen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Talen Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Clean Energy Pathways and Talen 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
Talen Energy	$2.58 billion	6.59	-$219.00 million	($0.67)	-559.12

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

Summary

Talen Energy beats Clean Energy Pathways on 9 of the 10 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 Talen Energy

Talen Energy Corporation is a U.S.-based energy and power generation company. The Company owns or controls approximately 16,000 megawatts of capacity in wholesale power markets, principally in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southwest regions of the United States. The Company generates and sells electricity, capacity and related products from power plants that use fuel sources, such as nuclear, natural gas and coal. The Company’s Susquehanna nuclear power plant has approximately two boiling water reactors with a combined capacity of over 2,600 megawatts. Its fossil fuel plants are located in Athens, Barney Davis, Bayonne, Brandon Shores, Brunner Island, Camden, Colstrip and Dartmouth, among others. It has an art energy trading center located in Allentown, Pennsylvania (PA), where it manages asset load obligations, fuel supply, capacity and related products, and all supporting physical or financial transactions for its electric generation portfolio.