Chart: Alternative Energy Stocks - Normalized Net Profit Margins

Rob Zenilman submits: Normalized net profit margins in the Alternative Energy sector for the most recently reported quarter ranged from 38.8% (HOKU) down to -295.3% (PLUG), with a median value of -12.2%

Note: Normalized net income includes the effect of taxes, but excludes any unusual items.

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Data in table version -- click on a ticker for opinion and analysis of the company:

			Total	Norm. Net	Norm. Net
		Quarter	Revenue	Profit	Profit
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	Margin (%)
ACPW	Active Power Inc.	03/31/06	$5.57	-$2.92
-52.5%
ADM	Archer-Daniels-Midla	03/31/06	$9122.84	$313.90
3.4%
ALTI	Altair Nanotechnolog	03/31/06	$0.55	-$2.85
N/A
BCON	Beacon Power Corp.	03/31/06	$0.29	-$1.42
N/A
BLDP	Ballard Power System	03/31/06	$12.54	-$10.62
-84.7%
DESC	Distributed Energy S	03/31/06	$7.64	-$2.48
-32.4%
DSTI	DayStar Technologies	03/31/06	$0.03	-$1.78
N/A
EEEI	Electro Energy Inc.	03/31/06	$1.10	-$0.22
-19.8%
ELK	ElkCorp	03/31/06	$243.19	$11.10
4.6%
ENER	Energy Conversion De	03/31/06	$26.96	-$3.17
-11.8%
ENOV	Enova Systems Inc.	03/31/06	$0.31	$0.09
29.3%
ESLR	Evergreen Solar Inc.	04/01/06	$11.89	-$4.85
-40.8%
ETR	Entergy Corp.	03/31/06	$2568.03	$201.71
7.9%
FCEL	FuelCell Energy Inc.	01/31/06	$5.94	-$9.42
-158.5%
HOKU	Hoku Scientific, Inc	03/31/06	$1.34	$0.52
38.8%
HYGS	Hydrogenics Corp.	03/31/06	$6.14	-$4.70
-76.6%
IDA	IdaCorp, Inc.	03/31/06	$273.64	$19.90
7.3%
KYO	Kyocera Corp.	03/31/06	$2686.66	$195.48
7.3%
MCEL	Millennium Cell Inc.	03/31/06	$0.07	-$1.28
N/A
MDTL	Medis Technologies L	03/31/06	N/A	-$3.59
N/A
MKTY	Mechanical Technolog	03/31/06	$1.56	-$2.43
-156.0%
MXWL	Maxwell Technologies	03/31/06	$11.97	-$1.51
-12.6%
ORA	Ormat Technologies I	03/31/06	$60.32	$6.34
10.5%
PEIX	Pacific Ethanol, Inc	03/31/06	$38.24	$0.22
0.6%
PLUG	Plug Power Inc.	03/31/06	$2.28	-$6.72
-295.3%
QTWW	Quantum Fuel Systems	01/31/06	$36.00	-$6.60
-18.3%
SATC	SatCon Technology Co	04/01/06	$7.61	-$1.79
-23.5%
SPWR	SunPower Corporation	03/31/06	$41.96	$1.59
3.8%
STP	Suntech Power Holdin	03/31/06	$89.89	$13.06
14.5%
XSNX	XSUNX Inc.	03/31/06	N/A	-$0.34
N/A

Data: CapitalIQ

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