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Cleantech Solutions International Inc Stock Downgraded (CLNT)

By TheStreet Wire 06/12/12 - 05:00 AM EDT

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Cleantech Solutions International (Nasdaq:CLNT) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its feeble growth in its earnings per share, deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

CLEANTECH SOLUTIONS INTL INC has exprienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. The company has reported a trend of declining earnings per share over the past two years. During the past fiscal year, CLEANTECH SOLUTIONS INTL INC reported lower earnings of $2.30 versus $4.50 in the prior year.
The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Machinery industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 88.6% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $2.67 million to $0.30 million.
Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. In comparison to the other companies in the Machinery industry and the overall market, CLEANTECH SOLUTIONS INTL INC's return on equity is significantly below that of the industry average and is below that of the S&P 500.
Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to $0.13 million or 96.32% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing the cash generation rate to the industry average, the firm's growth is significantly lower.
Despite any intermediate fluctuations, we have only bad news to report on this stock's performance over the last year: it has tumbled by 80.33%, worse than the S&P 500's performance. Consistent with the plunge in the stock price, the company's earnings per share are down 88.00% compared to the year-earlier quarter. Naturally, the overall market trend is bound to be a significant factor. However, in one sense, the stock's sharp decline last year is a positive for future investors, making it cheaper (in proportion to its earnings over the past year) than most other stocks in its industry. But due to other concerns, we feel the stock is still not a good buy right now.

Cleantech Solutions International, Inc. manufactures and sells metal components and assemblies primarily used in clean technology industries in China and internationally. The company has a P/E ratio of 2.4, equal to the average industrial industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Cleantech Solutions International has a market cap of $9 million and is part of the industrial goods sector and industrial industry. Shares are down 9% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

You can view the full Cleantech Solutions International Ratings Report or get investment ideas from our investment research center.

-- Written by a member of TheStreet Ratings Staff

TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model.

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