Stem, Inc. (STEM) vs Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. (VGAS)

Stem, Inc. and Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. are both Utilities Renewable companies. Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $44.1M against $35.6M — 1.2× the size. Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −49.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (−808.8% vs −112.4%). Across the 13 metrics below, Stem, Inc. leads on 7 and Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric STEM VGAS Utilities Renewable median
P/E n/m n/m 18.58
P/S 0.21 n/m 2.04
P/B n/m 0.40 1.01
Price to free cash flow 4.44 n/m 5.52
EV/EBITDA 103.75 2.07 13.43
EV/Sales 2.20 n/m 5.14
Earnings yield (248.28%) (32.65%) (17.39%)
Free cash flow yield 22.54% (58.13%) (24.56%)

Profitability

Metric STEM VGAS Utilities Renewable median
Gross margin 41.45% — 41.45%
Operating margin (29.10%) 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin (49.37%) 0.00% (0.87%)
Free cash flow margin 4.83% 0.00% (9.23%)
Return on equity 30.23% (10.90%) 0.00%
Return on assets (22.18%) (10.46%) (2.61%)
Return on invested capital (112.39%) (808.77%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric STEM VGAS Utilities Renewable median
Revenue growth (TTM) (5.11%) — 10.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 115.34% 26.42% 12.72%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 33.90% — 6.29%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric STEM VGAS Utilities Renewable median
Debt to equity (1.23) 0.00 0.59
Current ratio 0.83 26.16 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA (30.31) 3.56 2.66

Dividend

Metric STEM VGAS Utilities Renewable median
Dividend yield — — 3.87%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric STEM VGAS Utilities Renewable median
Market cap 35.62m 44.10m 185.21m

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