Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE) vs Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (PARR)

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. are both Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing companies. Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.2B against $332.9M — 12.6× the size. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. trades at 4.8×. Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.2% against 5.18%. Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.94% vs −21.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (28.4% vs −3.11%). Across the 20 metrics below, Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. leads on 17 and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. on 3.

Valuation

Metric CLNE PARR Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
P/E n/m 4.76 16.35
P/S 0.75 0.47 0.44
P/B 0.59 2.04 2.05
Price to free cash flow 38.81 9.72 9.98
EV/EBITDA 23.78 3.54 8.04
EV/Sales 0.95 0.53 0.59
Earnings yield (29.33%) 21.00% 5.71%
Free cash flow yield 2.58% 10.29% 9.13%

Profitability

Metric CLNE PARR Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Gross margin 27.52% 23.06% 12.22%
Operating margin (7.31%) 13.43% 5.35%
Net margin (21.27%) 9.94% 2.08%
Free cash flow margin 1.92% 4.83% 4.25%
Return on equity (16.28%) 54.74% 11.39%
Return on assets (8.79%) 20.33% 5.22%
Return on invested capital (3.11%) 28.42% 11.54%

Growth

Metric CLNE PARR Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.18% 13.19% 13.37%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (172.97%) 1,313.56% 31.15%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.81% 19.02% 12.77%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CLNE PARR Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Debt to equity 0.41 0.38 0.44
Current ratio 2.48 1.84 1.32
Net debt to EBITDA 16.90 0.95 2.07

Dividend

Metric CLNE PARR Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Dividend yield — — 1.71%
Payout ratio — — 0.35

Size

Metric CLNE PARR Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Market cap 332.87m 4.20b 4.71b

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