Chart: Alternative Energy Companies - Gross Profit Margins

Gross profit margins in the Alternative Energy sector ranged from 100% (DSTI) down to -111% (HYBT), with the median for the group at 14.3%.

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			Total	Gross	Gross
		Quarter	Revenue	Profit	Profit
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	Margin (%)
ACPW	Active Power Inc.	03/31/06	$5.57	-$0.14
-2.6%
ADM	Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.	03/31/06	$9,122.84	$770.73
8.4%
ALTI	Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.	12/31/05	$0.69	$0.64
92.5%
BCON	Beacon Power Corp.	12/31/05	$0.23	$0.01
2.4%
BLDP	Ballard Power Systems Inc.	03/31/06	$12.54	$8.19
65.3%
DESC	Distributed Energy Systems Corp.	12/31/05	$11.00	$0.73
6.7%
DSTI	DayStar Technologies Inc.	12/31/05	$0.26	$0.26
100.0%
EEEI	Electro Energy Inc.	12/31/05	$1.11	$0.04
3.4%
ELK	ElkCorp	03/31/06	$243.19	$42.28
17.4%
ENER	Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.	12/31/05	$24.28	$4.06
16.7%
ENOV	Enova Systems Inc.	12/31/05	$3.21	-$0.47
-14.5%
ESLR	Evergreen Solar Inc.	04/01/06	$11.89	-$1.13
-9.5%
ETR	Entergy Corp.	12/31/05	$2,652.42	$700.20
26.4%
FCEL	FuelCell Energy Inc.	01/31/06	$5.94	-$6.33
-106.5%
HOKU	Hoku Scientific, Inc.	12/31/05	$1.73	$1.38
79.8%
HYBT	Hybrid Technologies, Inc.	01/31/06	$0.10	-$0.11
-110.9%
HYGS	Hydrogenics Corp.	12/31/05	$9.06	$0.94
10.3%
IDA	IdaCorp, Inc.	12/31/05	$208.69	$68.33
32.7%
KYO	Kyocera Corp.	03/31/06	$2,686.66	$807.86
30.1%
MCEL	Millennium Cell Inc.	12/31/05	$0.15	$0.00
-3.3%
MDTL	Medis Technologies Ltd.	12/31/05	$0.43	$0.16
38.4%
MKTY	Mechanical Technology Inc.	12/31/05	$2.23	$1.53
68.6%
MXWL	Maxwell Technologies Inc.	12/31/05	$12.61	$4.59
36.4%
ORA	Ormat Technologies Inc.	12/31/05	$58.78	$21.37
36.4%
PEIX	Pacific Ethanol, Inc.	12/31/05	N/A	N/A
N/A
PLUG	Plug Power Inc.	03/31/06	$2.28	-$1.48
-65.1%
QTWW	Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc.	01/31/06	$36.00	$5.15
14.3%
SATC	SatCon Technology Corp.	12/31/05	$7.12	$0.20
2.9%
SPWR	SunPower Corporation	03/31/06	$41.96	$5.69
13.6%
STP	Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd.	12/31/05	$88.99	$25.18
28.3%
XSNX	XSUNX Inc.	12/31/05	$0.01	$0.01
71.9%

Data: Capital IQ

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