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Employees: 503
Size Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) is a United States Utilities company (Gas Distributors) with a market value of $421M, the 2819th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $1.91 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 13.6%, against -17.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 4.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.5%); the operating margin is -7.3% (peer median 7.3%).
Valuation It trades at 1.4× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.4× (10th cheapest of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 17% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +8%, so the hurdle is +9 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 13.8 points below its cost of capital (10.4% WACC).
Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $71.4M at 30 Sep 2026, up 19% on a year earlier — 0.2 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →
Short interest Short interest is 2.6% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 2 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $443M | $426M | $416M | $425M | $420M |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | -2% | +1% | — |
| Gross profit | $73.9M | $18.0M | $83.7M | $36.0M | $57.2M |
| EBITDA | $15.9M | $4.73M | $16.6M | -$30.6M | $5.85M |
| Net income | -$94.1M | -$222M | -$83.1M | -$99.5M | -$58.7M |
| Free cash flow | $22.9M | $59.9M | -$1.31M | -$77.5M | $13.2M |
| Capital expenditure | $23.8M | $25.7M | $65.0M | $121M | $53.5M |
| Total debt | $323M | $326M | $365M | $361M | $202M |
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| Measure | CLNE | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +25.7% | -3.0% | highest of 20 |
| 6-month return | -13.6% | -17.8% | 9th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -32.8% | -27.3% | 9th lowest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +4.5% | +0.5% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -7.3% | 7.3% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.4× | 1.4× | 10th cheapest of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 17.0% | -5.4% | most demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +8.1% | +9.3% | 5th lowest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +9.0 pp | -14.7 pp | 2nd most demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -13.8 pp | +0.8 pp | 2nd lowest of 20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 11.5× | 0.2× | most indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Energy Fuels CLNE | United States | $421M | -14% | +4% | -7% | 1.4× | 17.0% | +8.1% |
| Yu Group PLC YU..L | United Kingdom | $414M | +3% | +14% | 8% | 0.2× | -9.4% | +47.1% |
| Shaanxi Meineng Clean Energy 001299.SZ | China | $411M | -19% | -6% | 11% | 3.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Great Taipei Gas 9908.TW | Taiwan | $435M | -3% | 0% | 14% | 2.2× | -5.4% | -1.0% |
| Sichuan Shengda Forestry Industry 002259.SZ | China | $447M | -27% | -1% | 10% | 3.0× | 16.9% | +0.9% |
| Sala 2734.T | Japan | $456M | +9% | +3% | 4% | 0.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Shinhsiung Natural Gas 8908.TW | Taiwan | $382M | n/a | +2% | 8% | 1.5× | 2.4% | +10.4% |
| Hokkaido Gas 9534.T | Japan | $468M | +3% | +1% | 8% | 0.7× | -6.6% | +8.1% |
| Xinjiang Torch Gas 603080.SS | China | $378M | -19% | +1% | 14% | 1.6× | -5.1% | +19.3% |
| Shandong Shengli 000407.SZ | China | $512M | -20% | 0% | 7% | 1.2× | -3.1% | -2.0% |
| Xinjiang East Universe (Group) Gas 603706.SS | China | $521M | -15% | -14% | 20% | 2.1× | -11.7% | +10.6% |
| E1 Corporation 017940.KS | South Korea | $339M | -27% | +24% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Top Resource Energy 300332.SZ | China | $556M | -20% | -3% | 0% | 2.0× | 12.9% | +8.8% |
| Unimot UNT.WA | Poland | $315M | -12% | +5% | 2% | 0.2× | n/a | n/a |
| K&O Energy 1663.T | Japan | $585M | -28% | -1% | 12% | 0.6× | -8.6% | +9.3% |
| Samchully 004690.KS | South Korea | $298M | -20% | +1% | 3% | 0.1× | -19.2% | +10.5% |
| China HK Power Smart Energy 0931.HK | Hong Kong | $296M | -33% | +15% | -15% | 3.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Anhui Province Natural Gas Development 603689.SS | China | $601M | -10% | -9% | 9% | 1.3× | 0.6% | +1.4% |
| Saibu Gas 9536.T | Japan | $630M | +23% | -6% | 5% | 1.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Shizuoka Gas 9543.T | Japan | $631M | -5% | 0% | 6% | 0.5× | -9.0% | +10.6% |
| Shenzhen Guangju Energy 000096.SZ | China | $634M | -18% | +4% | 4% | 2.8× | n/a | n/a |
Clean Energy Fuels reported $71.4M of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 19% from a year earlier and up 114% from the previous quarter. That is 0.2 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.34.