CrossAmerica Partners LP (CAPL) vs Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE)

CrossAmerica Partners LP and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. are both Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing companies. CrossAmerica Partners LP is the larger, with a market value of $752.4M against $332.9M — 2.3× the size. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; CrossAmerica Partners LP trades at 15.9×. CrossAmerica Partners LP grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.12% against 6.30%. CrossAmerica Partners LP has the higher net margin (1.17% vs −17.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.5% vs −1.73%). Across the 20 metrics below, CrossAmerica Partners LP leads on 16 and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. on 4.

Valuation

Metric CAPL CLNE Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
P/E 15.86 n/m 8.38
P/S 0.19 0.74 0.33
P/B n/m 0.58 1.70
Price to free cash flow 6.01 10.46 5.86
EV/EBITDA 8.11 22.95 4.96
EV/Sales 0.36 0.91 0.46
Earnings yield 6.31% (24.00%) 9.67%
Free cash flow yield 16.64% 9.56% 15.55%

Profitability

Metric CAPL CLNE Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Gross margin 10.26% 0.00% 10.93%
Operating margin 2.67% (3.96%) 7.14%
Net margin 1.17% (16.95%) 2.70%
Free cash flow margin 3.08% 15.55% 6.17%
Return on equity (45.97%) (13.14%) 21.95%
Return on assets 4.83% (7.00%) 5.76%
Return on invested capital 11.54% (1.73%) 13.74%

Growth

Metric CAPL CLNE Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.12% 6.30% 26.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 96.15% (172.97%) 37.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.64% 7.81% 13.17%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (18.28%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CAPL CLNE Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Debt to equity (6.16) 0.39 0.41
Current ratio 0.78 2.21 1.31
Net debt to EBITDA 3.63 16.90 2.07

Dividend

Metric CAPL CLNE Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Dividend yield 10.60% — 2.20%
Payout ratio 1.69 — 0.25

Size

Metric CAPL CLNE Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Market cap 752.39m 332.87m 3.91b

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