CLNE vs. YORW, CNSL, CWCO, GNE, ARTNA, GWRS, EDN, UTL, PCYO, and SHEN
Should you be buying Clean Energy Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clean Energy Fuels include York Water (YORW), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Genie Energy (GNE), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Global Water Resources (GWRS), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), Unitil (UTL), Pure Cycle (PCYO), and Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) and York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
York Water has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clean Energy Fuels. Clean Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than York Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Clean Energy Fuels received 175 more outperform votes than York Water when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.62% of users gave York Water an outperform vote while only 53.64% of users gave Clean Energy Fuels an outperform vote.
York Water has a net margin of 33.35% compared to Clean Energy Fuels' net margin of -19.98%. York Water's return on equity of 11.18% beat Clean Energy Fuels' return on equity.
Clean Energy Fuels has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, York Water has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
49.9% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of York Water shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of York Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, York Water had 2 more articles in the media than Clean Energy Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for York Water and 4 mentions for Clean Energy Fuels. Clean Energy Fuels' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat York Water's score of 0.77 indicating that Clean Energy Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clean Energy Fuels presently has a consensus target price of $5.60, suggesting a potential upside of 86.67%. Given Clean Energy Fuels' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Clean Energy Fuels is more favorable than York Water.
Summary
Clean Energy Fuels and York Water tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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