AES (NYSE:AES) & Far East Wind Power (OTCMKTS:FEWP) Head to Head Comparison

Far East Wind Power (OTCMKTS:FEWP) and AES (NYSE:AES) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Far East Wind Power and AES”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Far East Wind Power	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.03)	N/A
AES	$12.23 billion	0.86	$910.00 million	$1.87	7.86

AES has higher revenue and earnings than Far East Wind Power. Far East Wind Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AES, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Far East Wind Power and AES, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Far East Wind Power	0	0	0	0	0.00
AES	0	8	0	0	2.00

AES has a consensus target price of $15.71, suggesting a potential upside of 6.86%. Given AES’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AES is more favorable than Far East Wind Power.

Profitability

This table compares Far East Wind Power and AES’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Far East Wind Power	N/A	N/A	N/A
AES	10.78%	22.66%	3.84%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

93.1% of AES shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Far East Wind Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of AES shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AES beats Far East Wind Power on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Far East Wind Power

Far East Wind Power Corp., a development stage company, focuses on the development, construction, and operation of utility-scale wind energy projects primarily in the People’s Republic of China. The company was formerly known as Celestial Delights USA Corp. and changed its name to Far East Wind Power Corp. in February 2010. Far East Wind Power Corp. was founded in 2008 and is based in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.

About AES

The AES Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified power generation and utility company in the United States and internationally. The company owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries; owns and/or operates utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit, and sell electricity to end-user customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental sectors; and generates and sells electricity on the wholesale market. It uses various fuels and technologies to generate electricity, such as coal, gas, hydro, wind, solar, and biomass, as well as renewables comprising energy storage and landfill gas. The company owns and/or operates a generation portfolio of approximately 34,596 megawatts and distributes power to 2.6 million customers. The company was formerly known as Applied Energy Services, Inc. and changed its name to The AES Corporation in April 2000. The AES Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.