Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE)Energy | Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | Newport Beach, United States | NasdaqGS
1.63 USD
+0.03
(1.875%)
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(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1.63 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:36 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Clean Energy Fuels is currently broken by a severe multi-year structural decline. Despite a recent earnings beat and a new government contract, the stock has lost nearly 41% of its value over the last nine years, with the last three annual periods showing consecutive negative returns. This persistent downward trajectory suggests the market views the company's fundamentals—specifically the negative free cash flow and deteriorating operating margins—as insufficient to sustain the current valuation, regardless of the hydrogen narrative. The lack of any dividend payout eliminates income as a buffer against this erosion. While the short-term statistical model sees no directional edge and the price remains volatile near its lows, the overwhelming weight of evidence points to continued weakness. The heavy put option activity confirms that sophisticated traders are hedging against further drops, making this a dangerous environment for new capital until the multi-year downtrend shows definitive signs of reversal. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.072349 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.072349 |
| MSTL | 0.072819 |
| AutoTheta | 0.082975 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 47% |
| H-stat | 0.96 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.396 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.60 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Energy |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 57.737 |
| Revenue per Share | 2.014 |
| Market Cap | 359,325,376 |
| Forward P/E | -46.57 |
| Beta | 1.85 |
| Profit Margins | -21.27% |
| Website | https://www.cleanenergyfuels.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:36 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioning for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes at 0.5 and 1.0) expiring in December and March. Conversely, call activity is concentrated in out-of-the-money strikes (2.0 and 3.0), suggesting a speculative bet on a recovery to the analyst mean rather than a conviction trade for immediate upside. The implied volatility skew shows significantly higher premiums for puts, indicating the market prices in a high probability of further decline.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.38461536 |
| Address1 | 4,675 MacArthur Court |
| Address2 | Suite 800 |
| All Time High | 24.75 |
| All Time Low | 1.05 |
| Ask | 1.64 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.7 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,897,540 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,797,106 |
| Average Volume | 1,797,106 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,897,540 |
| Beta | 1.85 |
| Bid | 1.38 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 2.511 |
| City | Newport Beach |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.63 |
| Current Ratio | 2.48 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 1.64 |
| Day Low | 1.6 |
| Debt To Equity | 57.737 |
| Display Name | Clean Energy Fuels |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,048,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,048,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,046,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | 13,904,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.03143 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 39.504 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.242 |
| Enterprise Value | 549,262,400 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.0925 |
| Eps Forward | -0.035 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.44 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 1.9128 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.28279996 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.14784607 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -38.461536 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 3.11 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.4799999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.47588423 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.54 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.09000003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.058441583 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.54 - 3.11 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,180,099,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 174,202,264 |
| Forward Eps | -0.035 |
| Forward P E | -46.571426 |
| Free Cashflow | -11,138,375 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 503 |
| Fullday Change | 0.03 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 1.875 |
| Fullday Price | 1.63 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.27525 |
| Gross Profits | 121,761,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.21834 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.50576997 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 220,445,015 |
| Industry | Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing |
| Industry Disp | Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing |
| Industry Key | oil-gas-refining-marketing |
| Ir Website | http://investors.cleanenergyfuels.com/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Clean Energy Fuels Corp. offers 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 provides 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. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California. |
| Long Name | Clean Energy Fuels Corp. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 359,325,376 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1543272 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -94,082,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 354,916,474 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 1.6 |
| Operating Cashflow | 46,624,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.048210002 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 4.72 |
| Phone | 949 437 1000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 1.63 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 1.6 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -17.621622 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.6491438 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.81227154 |
| Profit Margins | -0.21268 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.897 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.66667 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.03 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.875 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1.64 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.6 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.6 - 1.64 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.6 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.6 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.63 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,019,243 |
| Return On Assets | -0.01673 |
| Return On Equity | -0.16400999 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.037 |
| Revenue Per Share | 2.014 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Energy |
| Sector Disp | Energy |
| Sector Key | energy |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 220,445,015 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0309 |
| Shares Short | 6,810,383 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 7,734,080 |
| Short Name | Clean Energy Fuels Corp. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.041300002 |
| Short Ratio | 3.77 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | CLNE |
| Target High Price | 7.0 |
| Target Low Price | 1.9 |
| Target Mean Price | 4.025 |
| Target Median Price | 3.375 |
| Total Cash | 137,978,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.626 |
| Total Debt | 322,566,016 |
| Total Revenue | 442,371,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.44 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.16425 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.5342499 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.24685222 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,019,243 |
| Website | https://www.cleanenergyfuels.com |
| Zip | 92,660 |