Greenfire Resources (NYSE:GFR) & Clean Energy Pathways (OTCMKTS:CPWY) Head to Head Survey

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

Given Clean Energy Pathways’ higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Clean Energy Pathways is more favorable than Greenfire Resources.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Clean Energy Pathways and Greenfire Resources”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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
Greenfire Resources	$600.67 million	0.67	$88.61 million	$1.35	4.28

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Profitability

This table compares Clean Energy Pathways and Greenfire Resources’ 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
Greenfire Resources	20.20%	15.64%	10.47%

Volatility & Risk

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

Summary

Greenfire Resources beats Clean Energy Pathways on 7 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 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.