Greenfire Resources (NYSE:GFR) versus Clean Energy Pathways (OTCMKTS:CPWY) Head-To-Head Contrast

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

Risk & Volatility

Greenfire Resources has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Energy Pathways has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greenfire Resources	20.20%	15.64%	10.47%
Clean Energy Pathways	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greenfire Resources	$600.67 million	0.71	$88.61 million	$1.35	4.54
Clean Energy Pathways	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Greenfire Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Clean Energy Pathways.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Greenfire Resources and Clean Energy Pathways, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greenfire Resources	1	1	0	0	1.50
Clean Energy Pathways	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given Clean Energy Pathways’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clean Energy Pathways is more favorable than Greenfire Resources.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

88.9% of Greenfire Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Greenfire Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Greenfire Resources beats Clean Energy Pathways on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Greenfire Resources

Greenfire Resources Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, exploration, and operation of oil and gas properties in the Athabasca oil sands region of Alberta. The company operates the Tier-1 oil sands assets located in Western Canada. It utilizes steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) extraction technology, a situ thermal oil recovery process to recover diluted and non- diluted bitumen. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

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.