CLNE vs. YORW, CNSL, CWCO, GNE, ARTNA, GWRS, EDN, PCYO, UTL, and SHEN
Should you be buying Clean Energy Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clean Energy Fuels include York Water (YORW), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Genie Energy (GNE), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Global Water Resources (GWRS), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), Pure Cycle (PCYO), Unitil (UTL), and Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) and Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
York Water has a net margin of 33.35% compared to York Water's net margin of -19.98%. Clean Energy Fuels' return on equity of 11.18% beat York Water's return on equity.
York Water has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Energy Fuels has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Clean Energy Fuels received 175 more outperform votes than York Water when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.62% of users gave York Water an outperform vote while only 53.64% of users gave Clean Energy Fuels an outperform vote.
York Water has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Clean Energy Fuels. Clean Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than York Water, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Clean Energy Fuels had 3 more articles in the media than York Water. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Clean Energy Fuels and 6 mentions for York Water. York Water's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Clean Energy Fuels' score of 0.74 indicating that Clean Energy Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
49.9% of York Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of York Water shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Clean Energy Fuels has a consensus target price of $5.60, indicating a potential upside of 113.74%. Given York Water's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clean Energy Fuels is more favorable than York Water.
Summary
Clean Energy Fuels beats York Water on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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