CLNE vs. CNSL, YORW, GNE, CWCO, ARTNA, SHEN, EDN, GWRS, UTL, and MSEX
Should you be buying Clean Energy Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clean Energy Fuels include Consolidated Communications (CNSL), York Water (YORW), Genie Energy (GNE), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), Global Water Resources (GWRS), Unitil (UTL), and Middlesex Water (MSEX). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) and Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Clean Energy Fuels had 3 more articles in the media than Consolidated Communications. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Clean Energy Fuels and 4 mentions for Consolidated Communications. Clean Energy Fuels' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Consolidated Communications' score of 0.26 indicating that Clean Energy Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Consolidated Communications has a net margin of -22.53% compared to Clean Energy Fuels' net margin of -23.40%. Clean Energy Fuels' return on equity of -14.05% beat Consolidated Communications' return on equity.
Clean Energy Fuels currently has a consensus price target of $5.60, suggesting a potential upside of 144.54%. Given Clean Energy Fuels' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Clean Energy Fuels is more favorable than Consolidated Communications.
49.9% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Consolidated Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Consolidated Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Clean Energy Fuels received 81 more outperform votes than Consolidated Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.72% of users gave Clean Energy Fuels an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Consolidated Communications an outperform vote.
Clean Energy Fuels has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Consolidated Communications. Clean Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Consolidated Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Clean Energy Fuels has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Communications has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Clean Energy Fuels beats Consolidated Communications on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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