Contrasting Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) & Heidmar Maritime (NASDAQ:HMR)

Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) and Heidmar Maritime (NASDAQ:HMR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Clean Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heidmar Maritime has a beta of -0.31, indicating that its stock price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Clean Energy Fuels and Heidmar Maritime, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Energy Fuels	1	2	0	1	2.25
Heidmar Maritime	1	1	1	0	2.00

Clean Energy Fuels currently has a consensus target price of $2.38, suggesting a potential upside of 24.78%. Heidmar Maritime has a consensus target price of $2.62, suggesting a potential upside of 108.33%. Given Heidmar Maritime’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Heidmar Maritime is more favorable than Clean Energy Fuels.

Profitability

This table compares Clean Energy Fuels and Heidmar Maritime’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%
Heidmar Maritime	2.47%	21.68%	3.84%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Clean Energy Fuels and Heidmar Maritime”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	0.99	-$222.02 million	($0.44)	-4.34
Heidmar Maritime	$55.85 million	1.33	-$22.56 million	$0.02	63.00

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

Summary

Heidmar Maritime beats Clean Energy Fuels on 8 of the 14 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 Heidmar Maritime

Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp. provides commercial and pool management services to the dry bulk, crude oil, and refined petroleum product tanker markets worldwide. It offers tanker pool and commercial management, dry bulk pool and commercial management, and fuel services. The company also operates a platform to invest in tanker or drybulk vessels offering a range of customized services for the investor, as well as engages in the sale and purchase of second-hand vessels and newbuilds in the tanker and drybulk sectors. In addition, it develops and operates eFleetWatch, a digital platform in the commercial management space, which provides pool partners with access to the data that they require for their own reporting and monitoring of their vessels. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in Piraeus, Greece.