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Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE)


Market Price (9/16/2025): $2.41 | Market Cap: $531.1 Mil
Sector: Energy | Industry: Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE)


Market Price (9/16/2025): $2.41
Market Cap: $531.1 Mil
Sector: Energy
Industry: Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

Investment Highlights

0 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 24%
Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -95%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -128%
Not profitable at operating income level
Op Inc LTMOperating Income, Last Twelve Months is -85 Mil, Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is -20%
1   Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -43%
0 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 24%
1 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -95%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -128%
2 Not profitable at operating income level
Op Inc LTMOperating Income, Last Twelve Months is -85 Mil, Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is -20%
3 Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -43%

Market Valuation

 9/16/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$2.41$2.51$3.83$5.20$6.13
Market Cap CYE ($ Mil)531.1560.9854.21,156.61,368.0
Total Debt ($ Mil)373.8365.1360.5201.882.3
Total Cash ($ Mil)240.8217.5263.1263.5229.2
Enterprise Value ($ Mil)664.2926.01,214.71,358.41,450.3
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM1.31.42.02.85.1
P/EBIT TTM-3.1-11.5-11.0-21.8-14.6
P/E TTM-2.6-6.8-8.6-19.7-14.0
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)1.31.51.51.21.2
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)6.96.55.34.14.1
P/E TTM (Sector)9.89.58.05.53.2
 9/16/2520242023
Share Price CYE$2.41$2.51$3.83
Market Cap CYE ($ Mil)531.1560.9854.2
Total Debt ($ Mil)373.8365.1360.5
Total Cash ($ Mil)240.8217.5263.1
Enterprise Value ($ Mil)664.2926.01,214.7
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM1.31.42.0
P/EBIT TTM-3.1-11.5-11.0
P/E TTM-2.6-6.8-8.6
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)1.31.51.5
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)6.96.55.3
P/E TTM (Sector)9.89.58.0

Business Description

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. provides natural gas as an alternative fuel for vehicle fleets and related fueling solutions, primarily in the United States and Canada. It supplies renewable natural gas (RNG), compressed natural gas (CNG), and liquefied natural gas (LNG) for medium and heavy-duty vehicles; and offers operation and maintenance services for public and private vehicle fleet customer stations. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
CLNE Return236%-22%-15%-26%-34%-4%3%
Peers Return-32%53%57%10%-21%29%82%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: DK, GPRE, MPC, PSX, VLO. See CLNE Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/15/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

CLNEDKGPREMPCPSXVLOMedian
NameClean En.Delek US Green Pl.Marathon.Phillips.Valero E. 
Mkt Price2.4228.489.88179.94131.18157.5779.83
Mkt Cap0.51.70.755.253.449.225.4
Rev LTM42110,8232,397133,560132,966123,77967,301
Op Inc LTM-85-484-914,1447982,083357
FCF LTM26-816-443,6471,4883,341757
FCF 3Y Avg-21-182-368,3484,6606,9482,319
CFO LTM103-196406,4663,3624,2531,732
CFO 3Y Avg672586910,7516,7157,9803,487

Growth & Margins

CLNEDKGPREMPCPSXVLOMedian
NameClean En.Delek US Green Pl.Marathon.Phillips.Valero E. 
Rev Chg LTM4.1%-27.9%-15.0%-9.6%-12.4%-11.6%-12.0%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg6.8%-12.0%-9.8%-5.7%-3.2%-7.2%-6.4%
Rev Chg Q4.8%-16.4%-10.7%-10.9%-12.6%-13.3%-11.7%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM1.1%-4.8%-2.7%-3.0%-3.5%-3.6%-3.2%
Op Mgn LTM-20.1%-4.5%-3.8%3.1%0.6%1.7%-1.6%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg-15.2%-1.0%-3.4%6.6%3.5%5.6%1.3%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM-0.6%-0.7%0.1%-0.0%0.2%-0.1%-0.1%
CFO/Rev LTM24.4%-1.8%1.6%4.8%2.5%3.4%3.0%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg16.1%1.4%2.5%7.2%4.5%5.6%5.0%
FCF/Rev LTM6.1%-7.5%-1.8%2.7%1.1%2.7%1.9%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg-4.7%-1.9%-1.1%5.6%3.1%4.8%1.0%

Valuation

CLNEDKGPREMPCPSXVLOMedian
NameClean En.Delek US Green Pl.Marathon.Phillips.Valero E. 
Mkt Cap0.51.70.755.253.449.225.4
P/S1.30.20.30.40.40.40.4
P/EBIT-3.1-2.8-9.39.817.035.33.5
P/E-2.6-2.2-4.325.931.164.311.8
P/CFO5.2-8.816.68.515.911.610.1
Total Yield-38.2%-41.0%-22.3%5.9%6.8%4.4%-9.0%
Dividend Yield0.0%3.7%0.8%2.0%3.6%2.8%2.4%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg-1.4%-15.6%-3.9%15.9%9.7%15.4%4.1%
D/E0.71.80.90.50.40.20.6
Net D/E0.21.50.70.50.40.10.4

Returns

CLNEDKGPREMPCPSXVLOMedian
NameClean En.Delek US Green Pl.Marathon.Phillips.Valero E. 
1M Rtn0.8%30.9%17.1%10.8%6.1%15.2%13.0%
3M Rtn19.2%30.3%70.1%7.9%7.2%15.3%17.3%
6M Rtn30.8%83.1%76.4%23.8%3.5%20.5%27.3%
12M Rtn-18.2%55.7%-21.5%11.9%7.5%21.2%9.7%
3Y Rtn-61.5%25.8%-69.2%100.0%81.2%65.5%45.7%
1M Excs Rtn3.9%33.3%11.8%8.6%4.6%13.7%10.2%
3M Excs Rtn17.4%30.5%66.4%-2.4%-2.2%7.8%12.6%
6M Excs Rtn20.2%69.8%74.2%10.9%-11.8%6.7%15.5%
12M Excs Rtn-34.5%41.3%-38.4%-3.7%-10.2%3.3%-6.9%
3Y Excs Rtn-128.0%-51.6%-139.1%29.1%5.1%-10.6%-31.1%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20242023202220212020
Fuel sales287281   
Volume-related, Operate and Maintain (O&M) services5346197245274
Station Construction Sales2622162723
Renewable Identification Numbers (RIN) Credits2635   
Alternative fuel excise tax credit (AFTC)2122 2047
Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Credits1013   
Other services31   
Change in fair value of derivative instruments-01   
Service revenue  43  
Other    0
Total425420256292344


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity8,274,190
Short Interest: % Change Since 81520254.0%
Average Daily Volume1,594,386
Days-to-Cover Short Interest5.19
Basic Shares Quantity220,393,997
Short % of Basic Shares3.8%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
8/7/202512.3%11.8%20.6%
5/8/2025-6.4%14.6%11.7%
2/24/2025-25.5%-29.5%-38.7%
11/6/20240.3%-13.8%-14.8%
8/7/202422.7%31.4%9.9%
5/9/20243.3%8.7%19.9%
2/27/2024-3.9%-9.2%-13.5%
11/9/2023-4.5%-6.8%2.5%
...
SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive111110
# Negative111112
Median Positive5.8%14.6%11.5%
Median Negative-6.7%-9.2%-13.4%
Max Positive22.7%31.4%64.1%
Max Negative-34.7%-29.5%-38.7%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
6302025807202510-Q 6/30/2025
3312025508202510-Q 3/31/2025
12312024224202510-K 12/31/2024
93020241106202410-Q 9/30/2024
6302024807202410-Q 6/30/2024
3312024509202410-Q 3/31/2024
12312023229202410-K 12/31/2023
93020231109202310-Q 9/30/2023
6302023809202310-Q 6/30/2023
3312023509202310-Q 3/31/2023
12312022228202310-K 12/31/2022
93020221108202210-Q 9/30/2022
6302022804202210-Q 6/30/2022
3312022505202210-Q 3/31/2022
12312021224202210-K 12/31/2021
93020211104202110-Q 9/30/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0Littlefair Andrew JCEO AND PRESIDENT8152025Sell2.25250,000562,5003,362,933Form
1Vreeland Robert M.CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER3242025Buy1.675,0008,3501,072,036Form
2Vreeland Robert M.CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER3062025Buy1.8310,00018,3001,165,597Form
3Vreeland Robert M.CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER2262025Buy1.9415,00029,100890,072Form