Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE) vs SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. (SHI)

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. are both Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing companies. SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $3.8B against $361.5M — 10.5× the size. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. trades at 117×. SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 28.2% against 5.18%. SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. has the higher net margin (1.73% vs −21.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −3.11%). Across the 19 metrics below, SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. leads on 13 and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CLNE SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
P/E n/m 116.83 15.04
P/S 0.80 0.09 0.41
P/B 0.63 0.47 1.87
Price to free cash flow 41.40 n/m 8.78
EV/EBITDA 25.02 3.04 7.94
EV/Sales 1.00 0.08 0.59
Earnings yield (27.50%) 0.86% 6.15%
Free cash flow yield 2.42% (80.82%) 10.47%

Profitability

Metric CLNE SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Gross margin 27.52% 7.74% 12.22%
Operating margin (7.31%) 2.41% 5.35%
Net margin (21.27%) 1.73% 2.08%
Free cash flow margin 1.92% 0.00% 4.25%
Return on equity (16.28%) 0.00% 11.39%
Return on assets (8.79%) 0.00% 5.22%
Return on invested capital (3.11%) 0.00% 11.54%

Growth

Metric CLNE SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.18% 28.24% 13.37%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (172.97%) (232.66%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.81% (1.64%) 12.77%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CLNE SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Debt to equity 0.41 0.20 0.44
Current ratio 2.48 1.16 1.32
Net debt to EBITDA 16.90 1.01 2.07

Dividend

Metric CLNE SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Dividend yield — 9.63% 3.64%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.52 0.14

Size

Metric CLNE SHI Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing median
Market cap 361.53m 3.81b 4.12b

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