Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. CLNE

$1.56 -0.64% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $343.6M

Weak trendHigh risk

Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Operating margin widened to -7.3% from -21.7% a year earlier.
  2. Net debt is 123.5× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  3. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth25Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 37%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 37%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 49%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 29%
Quality10Very weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 12%
  • Gross marginBottom 29%
  • Operating marginBottom 10%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 19%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
  • Interest coverBottom 15%
Value25Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 6%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 42%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 11%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 29%
Momentum6Very weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 7%
  • 6-month returnBottom 8%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 7%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 14%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions43Weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 7%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 31%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 40%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 20%
Stability6Very weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 18%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 20%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 15%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)5.4%4.9%↓
Gross margin6.8%19.1%↑
Operating margin-21.7%-7.3%↑
FCF margin6.1%5.2%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)4.9%5.4%↓Bottom 37%
Gross margin19.1%6.8%↑Bottom 29%
Operating margin-7.3%-21.7%↑Bottom 10%
Net margin-21.3%-48.3%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin5.2%6.1%↓—
Return on invested capital-3.6%—Bottom 12%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR0.5%—Top 49%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-13.7%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
1.5%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+3.3 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
123.50×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
-0.7×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.03%
Shareholder yield
0.03%
Share count change, 1 year
-0.1%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-0.4%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
2
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-100.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.9%
Positive 20 days after report
2 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$2.38
Target vs current price
+52.6%
Analysts with a rating
22
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
50%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 6, 2026+6.9%-1.1%-7.4%-8.5%—
May 7, 2026+50.0%+3.1%-8.5%-10.3%-17.0%
Feb 24, 2026-288.9%-0.4%-10.2%-13.3%-21.6%
Nov 4, 2025-175.0%-3.8%-18.7%-22.8%-23.9%
Aug 7, 2025-28.6%+0.5%+15.3%+25.6%+39.4%
May 8, 2025+107.1%+6.9%+21.2%+11.3%+26.9%
Feb 24, 2025+200.0%-3.2%-27.1%-40.4%-28.2%
Nov 6, 2024+200.0%+4.8%-4.8%-9.4%+11.3%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 6, 2026-$0.01-$0.01+6.9%$106.4M
May 7, 2026-$0.01-$0.02+50.0%$117.6M
Feb 24, 2026-$0.20-$0.05-288.9%$112.3M
Nov 4, 2025-$0.11-$0.04-175.0%$106.1M
Aug 7, 2025-$0.09-$0.07-28.6%$102.6M
May 8, 2025$0.01-$0.14+107.1%$103.8M
Feb 24, 2025$0.02-$0.02+200.0%$109.3M
Nov 6, 2024$0.02-$0.02+200.0%$104.9M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
EV / EBITDA285.7×——Bottom 11%
EV / Sales1.37×——Top 29%
Free-cash-flow yield6.65%——Top 42%
Earnings yield-27.98%——Bottom 6%

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-10.5%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-2.7%
Distance from 50-day average
-8.1%
Distance from 200-day average
-25.4%
RSI (14)
40.4
Relative volume
0.42×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
60.9%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
48th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
1.17
Correlation with S&P 500
0.28
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-49.0%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-68.0%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Feb 9, 2021Apr 8, 2025-92.9%1045 daysNot yet recovered
Nov 27, 2020Dec 3, 2020-23.9%4 days11 days (Dec 18, 2020)
Jan 25, 2021Jan 29, 2021-12.4%4 days3 days (Feb 3, 2021)
Jan 7, 2021Jan 11, 2021-11.6%2 days9 days (Jan 25, 2021)
Oct 15, 2020Nov 6, 2020-11.0%16 days2 days (Nov 10, 2020)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$343.6M
EPS, diluted (TTM)
-$0.44
Revenue (TTM)
$442.3M
52-week range
$1.54 – $3.11
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$255.6M$420.2M$425.2M$415.9M$426.5M
Gross profit-$5.1M$57.7M$35.9M$83.6M$18.0M
Operating income-$95.0M-$51.7M-$76.4M-$36.4M-$93.9M
Net income-$93.1M-$58.7M-$99.5M-$83.1M-$222.0M
EPS (diluted)-$0.44-$0.26-$0.45-$0.37-$1.01
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$104.9M$109.3M$104.3M$103.2M$106.5M$112.6M$116.9M$106.4M
Net income-$18.2M-$30.2M-$135.0M-$20.2M-$23.8M-$43.0M-$12.4M-$14.9M
EPS (diluted)-$0.08-$0.13-$0.60-$0.09-$0.11-$0.20-$0.06-$0.07
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$41.3M$66.7M$43.8M$64.6M$85.5M
Capital expenditure-$28.9M-$53.5M-$121.3M-$80.0M-$59.9M
Free cash flow$12.4M$13.2M-$77.5M-$15.4M$25.6M
Dividends paid$0$0$0$0$0
Net share buybacks$201.5M$1.4M$242,000$64,000-$8.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$140.2M
Total assets
$1.03B
Total liabilities
$467.1M
Total debt
$320.7M
Net debt
$261.6M
Shareholders’ equity
$553.3M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Short interest

Shares sold short
7,780,549
Days to cover
4.35
Change vs previous report
+1.4%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.