South Bow (NYSE:SOBO – Get Free Report) and Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares South Bow and Clean Energy Fuels”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| South Bow | $1.99 billion | 3.74 | $433.00 million | $2.21 | 16.10 |
| Clean Energy Fuels | $424.83 million | 0.88 | -$222.02 million | ($0.44) | -3.86 |
Profitability
This table compares South Bow and Clean Energy Fuels’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| South Bow | 22.99% | 15.84% | 3.73% |
| Clean Energy Fuels | -21.27% | -16.52% | -8.87% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for South Bow and Clean Energy Fuels, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| South Bow | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2.07 |
| Clean Energy Fuels | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.25 |
South Bow presently has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.23%. Clean Energy Fuels has a consensus price target of $2.38, indicating a potential upside of 40.20%. Given Clean Energy Fuels’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clean Energy Fuels is more favorable than South Bow.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
49.9% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
South Bow has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
South Bow beats Clean Energy Fuels on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About South Bow
South Bow Corp is a strategic liquids pipeline company. It is a new liquids-focused midstream infrastructure company. South Bow Corp is based in Canada.
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.
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