Reviewing Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) & EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG)

Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) and EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Clean Energy Fuels and EOG Resources, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Energy Fuels	1	2	0	1	2.25
EOG Resources	0	18	11	1	2.43

Clean Energy Fuels currently has a consensus target price of $2.38, indicating a potential upside of 46.22%. EOG Resources has a consensus target price of $157.07, indicating a potential upside of 6.66%. Given Clean Energy Fuels’ higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Clean Energy Fuels is more favorable than EOG Resources.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.9% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of EOG Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of EOG Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Clean Energy Fuels and EOG Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clean Energy Fuels	-21.27%	-16.52%	-8.87%
EOG Resources	25.44%	23.44%	13.58%

Risk & Volatility

Clean Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EOG Resources has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Clean Energy Fuels and EOG Resources”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clean Energy Fuels	$424.83 million	0.84	-$222.02 million	($0.44)	-3.70
EOG Resources	$22.63 billion	3.41	$4.98 billion	$12.85	11.46

EOG Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Clean Energy Fuels. Clean Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EOG Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

EOG Resources beats Clean Energy Fuels on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Clean Energy Fuels

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. provides natural gas as alternative fuels for vehicle fleets and related fueling solutions in the United States and Canada. It supplies renewable natural gas (RNG), compressed natural gas (CNG), and liquefied natural gas (LNG) for medium and heavy-duty vehicles; and offers operation and maintenance services for public and private vehicle fleet customer stations. The company also designs, builds, operates, and maintains vehicle fueling stations; and sells and services compressors and other equipment that are used in RNG production and fueling stations. In addition, it transports and sells CNG, RNG, and LNG through virtual natural gas pipelines and interconnects; sells U.S. federal, state, and local government credits, such as RNG as a vehicle fuel, including Renewable Identification Numbers and Low Carbon Fuel Standards credits; and obtains federal, state, and local credits, grants, and incentives. Further, the company focuses on developing, owning, and operating dairy and other livestock waste RNG projects. It serves heavy-duty trucking, airports, refuse, public transit, industrial, and institutional energy users, as well as government fleets. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

About EOG Resources

EOG Resources, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, explores for, develops, produces, and markets crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas primarily in producing basins in the United States, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and internationally. The company was formerly known as Enron Oil & Gas Company. EOG Resources, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.