Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) Competitors

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

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

97.0% of Delek US shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Delek US shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DK or CLNE?

Delek US received 239 more outperform votes than Clean Energy Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.04% of users gave Delek US an outperform vote while only 53.17% of users gave Clean Energy Fuels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Delek US	Outperform Votes 625 60.04%	Underperform Votes 416 39.96%
Clean Energy Fuels	Outperform Votes 386 53.17%	Underperform Votes 340 46.83%

Does the media favor DK or CLNE?

In the previous week, Delek US had 3 more articles in the media than Clean Energy Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Delek US and 6 mentions for Clean Energy Fuels. Clean Energy Fuels' average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Delek US's score of 1.11 indicating that Clean Energy Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Delek US	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Clean Energy Fuels	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, DK or CLNE?

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
Delek US	$11.85B	0.07	$19.80M	-$8.84	-1.48
Clean Energy Fuels	$415.87M	0.78	-$99.50M	-$0.36	-4.03

Do analysts recommend DK or CLNE?

Delek US currently has a consensus price target of $16.94, indicating a potential upside of 29.79%. Clean Energy Fuels has a consensus price target of $3.33, indicating a potential upside of 129.89%. 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
Delek US	4 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
Clean Energy Fuels	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has more risk and volatility, DK or CLNE?

Delek US has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Energy Fuels has a beta of 2.48, meaning that its share price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DK or CLNE 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
Delek US	-2.27%	-28.21%	-3.84%
Clean Energy Fuels	-17.32%	-7.59%	-4.45%

Summary

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