Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) Competitors

PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) and Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PBF or CLNE?

Clean Energy Fuels has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PBF Energy. Clean Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PBF Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PBF Energy	$33.12B	0.08	-$533.80M	-$4.71	-4.91
Clean Energy Fuels	$425.16M	1.47	-$99.50M	-$0.31	-9.03

Is PBF or CLNE more profitable?

PBF Energy has a net margin of -1.61% compared to Clean Energy Fuels' net margin of -17.32%. PBF Energy's return on equity of -7.40% beat Clean Energy Fuels' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PBF Energy	-1.61%	-7.40%	-3.40%
Clean Energy Fuels	-17.32%	-7.59%	-4.45%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PBF or CLNE?

96.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate PBF or CLNE?

PBF Energy currently has a consensus price target of $29.55, suggesting a potential upside of 27.76%. Clean Energy Fuels has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 78.57%. Given Clean Energy Fuels' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clean Energy Fuels is more favorable than PBF Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PBF Energy	6 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.57
Clean Energy Fuels	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has more risk and volatility, PBF or CLNE?

PBF Energy has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Energy Fuels has a beta of 2.18, suggesting that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PBF or CLNE?

In the previous week, PBF Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Clean Energy Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for PBF Energy and 4 mentions for Clean Energy Fuels. Clean Energy Fuels' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat PBF Energy's score of 0.62 indicating that Clean Energy Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PBF Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Clean Energy Fuels	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PBF or CLNE?

PBF Energy received 78 more outperform votes than Clean Energy Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.86% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote while only 53.19% of users gave Clean Energy Fuels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PBF Energy	Outperform Votes 462 55.86%	Underperform Votes 365 44.14%
Clean Energy Fuels	Outperform Votes 384 53.19%	Underperform Votes 338 46.81%

Summary

PBF Energy beats Clean Energy Fuels on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.