Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) Competitors

Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) and CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CLNE or CVI?

CVR Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Clean Energy Fuels. Clean Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVR 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
Clean Energy Fuels	$425.16M	1.38	-$99.50M	-$0.31	-8.45
CVR Energy	$7.87B	0.24	$769M	$0.69	27.10

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CLNE or CVI?

Clean Energy Fuels received 148 more outperform votes than CVR Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.25% of users gave CVR Energy an outperform vote while only 53.48% of users gave Clean Energy Fuels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clean Energy Fuels	Outperform Votes 384 53.48%	Underperform Votes 334 46.52%
CVR Energy	Outperform Votes 236 54.25%	Underperform Votes 199 45.75%

Do analysts rate CLNE or CVI?

Clean Energy Fuels currently has a consensus price target of $5.38, suggesting a potential upside of 105.15%. CVR Energy has a consensus price target of $24.75, suggesting a potential upside of 32.35%. Given Clean Energy Fuels' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clean Energy Fuels is more favorable than CVR Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Energy Fuels	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
CVR Energy	4 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

Which has more volatility and risk, CLNE or CVI?

Clean Energy Fuels has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Energy has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CLNE or CVI?

49.9% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of CVR Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CLNE or CVI more profitable?

CVR Energy has a net margin of 0.89% compared to Clean Energy Fuels' net margin of -17.32%. CVR Energy's return on equity of 2.88% beat Clean Energy Fuels' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clean Energy Fuels	-17.32%	-7.59%	-4.45%
CVR Energy	0.89%	2.88%	0.69%

Does the media refer more to CLNE or CVI?

In the previous week, CVR Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Clean Energy Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CVR Energy and 0 mentions for Clean Energy Fuels. Clean Energy Fuels' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat CVR Energy's score of 0.92 indicating that Clean Energy Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Clean Energy Fuels	Positive
CVR Energy	Positive

Summary

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