Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) & South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) Head to Head Survey

Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) and South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Clean Energy Fuels and South Bow”s top-line 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	0.92	-$222.02 million	($0.44)	-4.05
South Bow	$2.00 billion	3.73	$433.00 million	$2.21	16.17

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

Volatility and Risk

Clean Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, South Bow has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Profitability

This table compares Clean Energy Fuels and South Bow’s 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%
South Bow	22.99%	15.84%	3.73%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Clean Energy Fuels and South Bow, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Energy Fuels	1	2	0	1	2.25
South Bow	3	8	4	0	2.07

Clean Energy Fuels presently has a consensus price target of $2.38, suggesting a potential upside of 33.90%. South Bow has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.67%. Given Clean Energy Fuels’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clean Energy Fuels is more favorable than South Bow.

Summary

South Bow beats Clean Energy Fuels on 9 of the 15 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 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.