Head-To-Head Review: Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) versus Hong Kong & China Gas (OTCMKTS:HOKCY)

Hong Kong & China Gas (OTCMKTS:HOKCY) and Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.9% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Hong Kong & China Gas and Clean Energy Fuels, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hong Kong & China Gas	0	0	0	0	0.00
Clean Energy Fuels	1	1	3	1	2.67

Clean Energy Fuels has a consensus price target of $3.59, indicating a potential upside of 68.54%. Given Clean Energy Fuels’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clean Energy Fuels is more favorable than Hong Kong & China Gas.

Risk and Volatility

Hong Kong & China Gas has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Energy Fuels has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hong Kong & China Gas and Clean Energy Fuels”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hong Kong & China Gas	$7.11 billion	2.29	$732.21 million	N/A	N/A
Clean Energy Fuels	$421.84 million	1.11	-$83.07 million	($0.93)	-2.29

Hong Kong & China Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Clean Energy Fuels.

Profitability

This table compares Hong Kong & China Gas and Clean Energy Fuels’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hong Kong & China Gas	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clean Energy Fuels	-49.59%	-30.44%	-16.60%

Summary

Clean Energy Fuels beats Hong Kong & China Gas on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hong Kong & China Gas

The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, produces, distributes, and markets gas, water supply and energy services in Hong Kong and Mainland China. It is involved in the provision of smart energy, piped city-gas, upstream and midstream projects, water supply and wastewater treatment, urban waste resource utilization, and natural gas filling stations, as well as new energy exploration and utilization activities. The company develops new energy projects that are low in emissions and pollution, which includes clean coal chemical business, liquefaction of methane, etc., as well as supplies town gas. It also provides network connectivity, data center, and ICT services, as well as engineering, procurement, and construction services. In addition, the company offers consultancy and engineering contractor services, including utilities installation, infrastructure construction, and civil and building services engineering for public and private projects; and designs and manufactures gas meters and metering systems. Further, it is involved in water supply, and domestic sewage and industrial wastewater treatment activities. Additionally, the company manufactures polyethylene piping and fittings; as well as engages in the software development, solution implementation, and systems integration activities. The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in North Point, Hong Kong.

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.