Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE) vs Star Group, L.P. (SGU)

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and Star Group, L.P. are both Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing companies. Star Group, L.P. is the larger, with a market value of $426.9M against $332.9M — 1.3× the size. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Star Group, L.P. trades at 7.0×. Star Group, L.P. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.58% against 5.18%. Star Group, L.P. has the higher net margin (3.96% vs −21.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.0% vs −3.11%). Across the 21 metrics below, Star Group, L.P. leads on 17 and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. on 4.

Valuation

Metric CLNE SGU Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
P/E n/m 6.96 16.35
P/S 0.75 0.22 0.44
P/B 0.59 1.10 2.05
Price to free cash flow 38.81 6.84 9.98
EV/EBITDA 23.78 3.33 8.04
EV/Sales 0.95 0.30 0.59
Earnings yield (29.33%) 14.36% 5.71%
Free cash flow yield 2.58% 14.61% 9.13%

Profitability

Metric CLNE SGU Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Gross margin 27.52% 31.79% 12.22%
Operating margin (7.31%) 7.14% 5.35%
Net margin (21.27%) 3.96% 2.08%
Free cash flow margin 1.92% 3.27% 4.25%
Return on equity (16.28%) 20.83% 11.39%
Return on assets (8.79%) 7.67% 5.22%
Return on invested capital (3.11%) 15.95% 11.54%

Growth

Metric CLNE SGU Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.18% 7.58% 13.37%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (172.97%) 102.22% 31.15%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.81% 3.99% 12.77%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 5.09% 0.00%

Health

Metric CLNE SGU Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Debt to equity 0.41 0.44 0.44
Current ratio 2.48 0.87 1.32
Net debt to EBITDA 16.90 1.08 2.07

Dividend

Metric CLNE SGU Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Dividend yield — 5.88% 1.71%
Payout ratio — 0.41 0.35

Size

Metric CLNE SGU Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Market cap 332.87m 426.87m 4.71b

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