Energy Portfolios: 4 Years, 1 Month: Sustainable Energy Doubled, Fossil Fuel Down 18%

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Back in December, 2012 I started this experiment in sustainable investing. I took $16 million imaginary dollars and invested them, in imaginary $1.0 Million chunks, in 8 sustainable energy companies and 8 fossil fuel companies. The results are:

  • The Fossil Fuel portfolio is down 18.29% overall, from $8.0 Million to $6.54 Million. This is a collapse of -4.48% on an annualized basis. However, please note that my model does not account for dividends.
  • The Market Capitalization of the five big oil companies of the Fossil Fuel portfolio has decreased by 4.95%
  • The Sustainable Energy portfolio has essentially doubled in stock price since Dec. 2012. Up 98.98% overall and 24.24% on an annualized basis, from $8 Million to $15.92 Million.
  • The Market Capitalization of the Sustainable Energy portfolio has increased by 87.21% in this period.
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 51.43% overall and 12.60% on an annualized basis from 13.091 on Dec. 21, 2012 to 19,824 on Jan. 20, 2017.
  • The S&P 500 is up 57.97% overall and 14.20% on an annualized basis, from 1,430 to 2,259.
  • The NASDAQ is up 74.54% overall and 18.20% on an annualized basis, from 3,021 to 5,251.

The Sustainable Energy portfolio is composed of Cree (CREE) and Lighting Sciences (LSCG) in the LED space, GT Advanced Tech (GTAT), which at the time made solar ovens for cooking PV wafers. First Solar (FSLR) and Sunpower Corp. (SPWR) in the solar space, Vestas (VWSYF), a wind company, Solazyme (SZYM) a biofuel company and Next Era Energy (NEE), a utility. I did not include Tesla (TSLA) in this portfolio.
The fossil fuel companies are the oil companies British Petroleum (BP), Chevron Texaco (CVX), Conoco Phillips (COP), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and RD Shell (RDS.A), the coal company Peabody Coal (BTU), and Haliburton (HAL) and Transocean (RIG), companies in the offshore oil and oil and gas drilling service industries.
The data are summarized beginning in Table 1, below.

Summary Data
Portfolio 12/21/12 01/20/17 Delta Delta % Annualized
Sustainable Energy 8,000,000 15,918,539 7,918,539 98.98% 24.24%
Fossil Fuel 8,000,000 6,536,989 -1,463,011 -18.29% -4.48%
DJI 13,091 19,824 6,733 51.43% 12.60%
S&P 500 1,430 2,259 829 57.97% 14.20%
NASDAQ 3,012 5,251 2,239 74.34% 18.20%
Table 1

The stock price data for the Sustainable Energy portfolio are in Table 2, below.

Sustainable Energy Portfolio – Stock Prices
Item Company Symbol 12/21/12 01/20/17 Delta Delta %
1 Cree CREE 34.0 28.1 -5.95 -17.50%
2 First Solar FSLR 31.0 34.8 3.75 12.10%
3 GT Adv. Tech. GTAT 3.0 0.0 -2.98 -99.28%
4 Lighting Science LSCG 0.8 0.0 -0.71 -94.27%
5 Next Era Energy NEE 70.0 119.3 49.26 70.37%
6 Sun Power SPWR 5.4 7.0 1.56 28.73%
7 Solazyme SZYM 8.3 2.2 -6.19 -74.22%
8 Vestas VWS 6.3 67.3 60.95 965.93%
Note that GTAT is currently in bankruptcy protection.
Table 2

The stock price data for the Fossil Fuel Portfolio are in Table 3, below.

Fossil Fuel Portfolio – Stock Prices
Item Company Symbol 12/21/12 01/20/17 Delta Delta %
1 BP BP 42.1 36.8 -5.28 -12.54%
2 Chevron Texaco CVX 109.7 115.6 5.89 5.37%
3 Conoco Philips COP 58.6 50.7 -7.87 -13.43%
4 Exxon Mobil XOM 87.2 85.9 -1.34 -1.54%
5 Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A 69.3 54.9 -14.42 -20.81%
6 Haliburton HAL 34.7 56.5 21.75 62.66%
7 Transocean RIG 45.6 15.3 -30.33 -66.45%
8 Peabody Coal BTU 395.3 1.7 -393.55 -99.57%
Table 3

The valuation data for the Sustainable Energy Portfolio are in Table 4, below.

Sustainable Energy Portfolio – Valuation
    Value Delta
Item Company Symbol 12/21/12 01/20/17 Delta Delta %
1 Cree CREE 1,000 825 -175 -17.50%
2 First Solar FSLR 1,000 1,121 121 12.10%
3 GT Adv. Tech. GTAT 1,000 7 -993 -99.28%
4 Lighting Science LSCG 1,000 57 -943 -94.27%
5 Next Era Energy NEE 1,000 1,704 704 70.37%
6 Sun Power SPWR 1,000 1,287 287 28.73%
7 Solazyme SZYM 1,000 258 -742 -74.22%
8 Vestas VWS 1,000 10,659 9,659 965.93%
total 8,000 15,919 7,919 98.98%
Values in thousands.
Table 4

The valuation data for the Fossil Fuel Portfolio are in Table 5, below.

Fossil Fuel Portfolio – Valuations
Value Delta
Item Company Symbol 12/21/12 01/20/17 Amount Per Cent
1 BP BP 1,000 875 -125 -12.54%
2 Chevron Texaco CVX 1,000 1,054 54 5.37%
3 Conoco Philips COP 1,000 866 -134 -13.43%
4 Exxon Mobil XOM 1,000 985 -15 -1.54%
5 Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A 1,000 792 -208 -20.81%
6 Haliburton HAL 1,000 1,627 627 62.66%
7 Transocean RIG 1,000 335 -665 -66.45%
8 Peabody Coal BTU 1,000 4 -996 -99.56%
total 8,000 6,537 -1463 -18.29%
Values in thousands.
Table 5

The market capitalization data for the Sustainable Energy Portfolio are in Table 6.

Sustainable Energy Portfolio
Market Capitalization (Billions)
Item Company 12/21/12 01/20/17 Delta Delta %
1 Cree 3.90 0.82 -3.08 -78.97%
2 First Solar 2.69 2.65 -0.04 -1.49%
3 GT Adv. Tech. 0.36 0.00 -0.35 -98.88%
4 Lighting Science 0.15 0.00 -0.15 -100.00%
5 Next Era Energy 29.60 55.37 25.77 87.06%
6 Sun Power 0.88 0.98 0.1 11.06%
7 Solazyme 0.52 0.18 -0.34 -64.72%
8 Vestas 1.48 14.09 12.61 852.03%
total 39.58 74.09 34.52 87.21%
Table 6

 

The market capitalization data for the Fossil Fuel Portfolio are in Table 7.

Fossil Fuel Portfolio – Market Capitalization
Market Capitalization (Billions)
Item Company 12/21/12 01/20/17 Delta Delta %
1 BP 133.8 118.90 -14.9 -11.14%
2 Chevron Texaco 214.7 217.59 2.89 1.35%
3 Conoco Philips 71.2 63.43 -7.77 -10.91%
4 Exxon Mobil 397.7 354.55 -43.15 -10.85%
5 Royal Dutch Shell 216.8 228.55 11.75 5.42%
6 Haliburton 32.2 49.97 17.77 55.19%
7 Transocean 16.4 5.60 -10.8 -65.85%
8 Peabody Coal 6.37 0.03 -6.34 -99.53%
total 1089.2 1038.62 -50.55 -4.64%
Table 7

The market capitalization data for the Big Oil portion of the Fossil Fuel Portfolio are in Table 8.

Big Oil Portfolio – Market Capitalization
Market Capitalization (Billions)
Item Company 12/21/12 01/20/17 Delta Delta %
1 BP 133.8 118.9 -14.9 -11.14%
2 Chevron Texaco 214.7 217.6 2.89 1.35%
3 Conoco Philips 71.2 63.4 -7.77 -10.91%
4 Exxon Mobil 397.7 354.6 -43.15 -10.85%
5 Royal Dutch Shell 216.8 228.6 11.75 5.42%
total 1034.2 983.0 -51.18 -4.95%
Table 8

 

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Posts in this series:

  1. L. Furman, 12/21/12, Popular Logistics Sustainable Energy Portfolio
  2. L. Furman, 2/8/13, Nega-Watts, Nega-Fuel-Watts, Mega-Bucks
  3. L. Furman, 2/9/13, Gold Bricks and Sink-Holes – The Risk & Reward of Fossil Fuel, Solar & Wind
  4. L. Furman, 3/2/13, Sustainable Energy Portfolio UP 16% & Fossil Fuel Portfolio Up 1.7% – Since Dec.21, 2012
  5. L. Furman, 3/23/13, Portfolio Simulation At 3 Months: Sustainable Energy: Up 22%. Fossil Fuels: 3%
  6. L. Furman, 4/26/13, Earth Day, 2013. Oil Spills, Explosions, Fracking Business As Usual & The Stock Market Response
  7. L. Furman, 5/13/13, Popular Logistics Energy Portfolios: The Trend Continues.
  8. L. Furman, 6/24/13, Popular Logistics Energy Portfolios: At 6 months
  9. L. Furman, 7/22/13, Popular Logistics Energy Portfolios: Sustainable Energy Doubles. Fossil Fuels increase 5.4%
  10. L. Furman, 8/22/13, Popular Logistics Energy Portfolios: An Exercise in Climate Capitalism
  11. L. Furman, 9/20/13, Energy Portfolios – Investing for the Future
  12. L. Furman, 10/21/13, Sustainable Investing – Green Energy, Green Economy
  13. L. Furman, 11/22/13, Energy Portfolios: Minor Corrections, Overall Results In Line With the Trend
  14. L. Furman, 12/23/13, Energy Portfolios at One Year Sustainable Energy up 140%. Fossil Fuels up 9.85%
  15. L. Furman, 12/26/13, Energy Portfolios and Reference Indices, 2013 Summary.
  16. L. Furman, 1/22/14, Energy Portfolios: 13 Months, Sustainable Energy up 167.4%, Fossil Fuels up 9.44%
  17. L. Furman, 2/24/14, Energy Portfolios: 14 Months: Sustainable Energy up 184.4%, Fossil Fuels up 8.7%
  18. L. Furman, 3/23/14, Energy Portfolios: 15 Months: Sustainable Energy up 222.6, Fossil Fuel up 7.3%
  19. L. Furman, 4/22/14, Energy Portfolios, 16 Months: Sustainable Energy up 204.25%, Fossil Fuel up 15.38%
  20. L. Furman, 5/21/14, Energy Portfolios, 17 Months: Sustainable Energy up 211.6%, Fossil Fuels up 18.5%
  21. L. Furman, 6/24/14, Energy Portfolios, 18 Months: Sustainable Energy up 257%, Fossil Fuels up 24.6%
  22. L. Furman, 6/26/14, Energy Portfolios: 18 Months, Analysis
  23. L. Furman, 7/22/14, Energy Portfolios: 19 Months: Sustainable Energy up 222%, Fossil Fuels up 25%
  24. L. Furman, 8/23/14, Energy Portfolios: 20 Months: Sustainable Energy up 229%, Fossil Fuels up 18.4%
  25. L. Furman, 8/29 /14, Energy Portfolios: 20 Months: Conclusion & Observations
  26. L. Furman, 10/1/14, The Paradigm Is Shifting; Fossil Fuels Are Becoming Fossils
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  35. L. Furman, 5/21/15, Energy Portfolios, 2 Years 5 Months: Sustainable up 137%, Fossil Fuel DOWN 13.7%.
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  52. L. Furman, 9/26/16, Energy Portfolios, 3 Years, 9 Months: Sustainable Energy up 133.5%, Fossil Fuels Down 31%.
  53. L. Furman, 10/23/16, Energy Portfolios, 3 Years, 10 Months: Sustainable Energy up 130%, Fossil Fuels Down 26%
  54. L. Furman, 11/25/16, Energy Portfolios, 3 Years, 11 Months: Sustainable Energy up 93%, Fossil Fuels Down 20%
  55. L. Furman, 1/1/17, Energy Portfolios, 4 Years: Sustainable Energy up 130%, Fossil Fuels Down 26%
  56. L. Furman, 1/23/17, Energy Portfolios 4 Years, 1 Month: Sustainable Energy Effectively Doubled, Fossil Fuels Down 18.3%.

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A co-founder of Popular Logistics, I hold a BS and an MBA in “Managing for Sustainability” from Marlboro College, and over 20 years experience in Information Technology. Available as a speaker and consultant, I can be reached at “Popular Logistics . com” as “L Furman.”