Financial Analysis: Clean Energy Technologies (NASDAQ:CETY) versus Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV)

Clean Energy Technologies (NASDAQ:CETY) and Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.5% of Clean Energy Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Energy Vault shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.5% of Clean Energy Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Energy Vault shares are owned by company insiders. 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Clean Energy Technologies and Energy Vault, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Energy Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
Energy Vault	3	0	2	0	1.80

Energy Vault has a consensus price target of $5.02, suggesting a potential upside of 16.53%. Given Energy Vault’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Vault is more favorable than Clean Energy Technologies.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clean Energy Technologies	-263.45%	-80.05%	-35.92%
Energy Vault	-52.97%	-171.09%	-40.28%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Clean Energy Technologies and Energy Vault”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clean Energy Technologies	$2.16 million	2.18	-$6.81 million	($1.51)	-0.58
Energy Vault	$203.67 million	3.77	-$103.61 million	($0.71)	-6.06

Clean Energy Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Energy Vault. Energy Vault is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clean Energy Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Clean Energy Technologies has a beta of -1.49, suggesting that its share price is 249% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Vault has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Energy Vault beats Clean Energy Technologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Clean Energy Technologies

Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. designs, produces, and markets clean energy products and integrated solutions that focuses on energy efficiency and renewable energy in the United States. It operates through four segments: Clean Energy HRS and CETY Europe, CETY Renewables Waste to Energy Solutions, engineering and Manufacturing Business, and CETY HK. The company offers Clean Cycle, which generates electricity by recycling wasted heat produced in manufacturing, waste to energy, and power generation facilities. It also converts waste products created in manufacturing, agriculture, wastewater treatment plants, and other industries to electricity, renewable natural gas, hydrogen, and bio char. In addition, the company offers engineering, consulting, and project management solutions. Further, the company is involved in the sourcing and suppling of liquefied natural gas to industries and municipalities located in the southern part of Sichuan Province and portions of Yunnan Province. The company was formerly known as Probe Manufacturing, Inc. and changed its name to Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. in November 2015. Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. is a subsidiary of MGW Investment I Ltd.

About Energy Vault

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. develops and sells energy storage solutions. The company offers B-Vault, an electrochemical battery energy storage systems for shorter-duration energy storage needs; G-Vault, a proprietary gravity energy storage solution, including EVx solution; and H-Vault, a hybrid energy storage systems including systems that integrate green hydrogen. Its software solutions includes Vault-OS, an energy management system the management of one or more diverse storage mediums; Vault-Bidder that utilizes machine learning algorithms to match node-specific data with real-time weather and asset performance information; and Vault-Manager which designs to safeguard asset management and to help blend developing technologies seamlessly into existing solutions. Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. is based in Westlake Village, California.