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Alternative energy, sometimes referred to as renewable energy, is generally defined as energy from non-fossil-fuel sources.  Categories include solar, ethanol/grain-based, ethanol/non-grain, biodiesel, geothermal, and wind.  Note that we have excluded some of the industry's giants such as General Electric Company and Chevron Corporation, because alternative energy represents only a minor percentage of their overall business.

 

Valuation work for alternative energy stocks is generally based on relatively crude metrics, reflecting the fact that most of these companies are in early stages of their life cycles and have not yet demonstrated sustained profitability.  A simple ratio of market capitalization to annualized last-quarter sales would show that most of the solar photovoltaics stocks sport extraordinary high valuations compared with similar metrics for other businesses.

 

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The alternative energy stocks below are listed within category by market capitalization.  We welcome suggestions for additions to the list.

 

 

 

 

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Solar Photovoltaics (articles 1, 2)

Symbol

(millions)

(5/2)

& Chart

Site

Filings

Statement

Sheet

(a)

 

First Solar, Inc.

FSLR

21,730

276.24

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd.

STP

6,690

43.30

O

O

O

O

O

NA

SunPower Corporation

SPWR

6,480

82.10

O

O

O

O

O

NA

LDK Solar Co., Ltd.

LDK

3,540

33.41

O

O

O

O

O

NA

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd.

JASO

3,380

21.93

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

ENER

1,330

32.88

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Trina Solar Limited ADR

TSL

1,030

41.19

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Evergreen Solar, Inc.

ESLR

1,020

8.43

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Canadian Solar, Inc.

CSIQ

740

27.12

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd.

SOLF

636

13.15

O

O

O

O

O

NA

WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp.

WWAT

205

1.08

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Akeena Solar, Inc.

AKNS

183

6.44

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Ascent Solar Technologies Inc.

ASTI

177

15.14

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Spire Corp.

SPIR

116

13.89

O

O

O

O

O

NA

DayStar Technologies, Inc.

DSTI

103

3.13

O

O

O

O

O

NA

XsunX, Inc.

XSNX

69

0.40

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Solar Enertech Corp.

SOEN

67

0.61

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Solar Power, Inc.

SOPW

56

1.50

O

O

O

O

O

NA

China Nuvo Solar Energy, Inc.

CNUV

8

0.04

O

O

O

O

O

NA

ICP Solar Technologies Inc.

ICPR

NA

0.70

O

O

O

O

O

NA

SES Solar Inc.

SESI

NA

0.65

O

O

O

O

O

NA

 

 

 

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Ethanol/Grain-Based (article 1; site 1)

Symbol

(millions)

(5/2)

& Chart

Site

Filings

Statement

Sheet

(a)

 

VeraSun Energy Corporation

VSE

640

6.87

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Aventine Renewable Energy Hldgs, Inc.

AVR

228

5.43

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Pacific Ethanol, Inc.

PEIX

142

3.48

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.

GPRE

71

9.10

O

O

O

O

O

NA

 

 

 

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Ethanol/Non-Grain (article 1)

Symbol

(millions)

(5/2)

& Chart

Site

Filings

Statement

Sheet

(a)

 

Cosan Limited

CZZ

2,790

13.39

O

O

O

O

O

NA

Verenium Corporation

VRNM

186

2.94

O

O

O

O

O

NA

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (b)

BFRE

119

4.24

O