Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLNE or DK?

Delek US received 239 more outperform votes than Clean Energy Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.02% of users gave Delek US an outperform vote while only 53.23% of users gave Clean Energy Fuels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clean Energy Fuels	Outperform Votes 387 53.23%	Underperform Votes 340 46.77%
Delek US	Outperform Votes 626 60.02%	Underperform Votes 417 39.98%

Does the media refer more to CLNE or DK?

In the previous week, Delek US had 12 more articles in the media than Clean Energy Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Delek US and 2 mentions for Clean Energy Fuels. Clean Energy Fuels' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Delek US's score of 1.07 indicating that Clean Energy Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clean Energy Fuels	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Delek US	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CLNE or DK?

Clean Energy Fuels currently has a consensus target price of $3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 91.33%. Delek US has a consensus target price of $17.10, suggesting a potential downside of 8.19%. Given Clean Energy Fuels' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clean Energy Fuels is more favorable than Delek US.

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
Delek US	4 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CLNE or DK?

49.9% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Delek US shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Delek US shares are owned 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, CLNE or DK?

Clean Energy Fuels has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delek US has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CLNE or DK more profitable?

Delek US has a net margin of -2.27% compared to Clean Energy Fuels' net margin of -17.32%. Clean Energy Fuels' return on equity of -7.59% beat Delek US's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clean Energy Fuels	-17.32%	-7.59%	-4.45%
Delek US	-2.27%	-28.21%	-3.84%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CLNE or DK?

Delek US has higher revenue and earnings than Clean Energy Fuels. Clean Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delek US, 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	$415.92M	1.04	-$99.50M	-$0.88	-2.23
Delek US	$11.37B	0.10	$19.80M	-$11.11	-1.68

Summary

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