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CLNE · NASDAQ

Clean Energy Fuels Corp

Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

$1.49

+4.20%

Close on Oct 29, 2026

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Quality

58

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Quality research reads 58 of 100, a middle-of-the-universe reading. The measurements behind it are mixed.

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Fundamental Momentum

Accelerating

82

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Fundamental Momentum research reads 82 of 100. Stored measurements classify recent reported fundamentals as accelerating. This describes reported financial change already disclosed, with no forward-looking claim.

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Capital Returns

Moderate

50

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Capital Returns research reads 50 of 100, recorded as moderate. No dividend is recorded for this company, so the reading rests on buybacks and dilution control. Share count has increased at about 1.2% a year in the stored window.

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What this company does

Clean Energy Fuels Corp., a Delaware corporation, is a leading renewable energy company focused on the procurement and distribution of renewable natural gas ("RNG") and conventional natural gas, in the form of compressed natural gas ("CNG") and liquefied natural gas ("LNG"), for the United States ("U.S.") and Canadian transportation markets. RNG, which is delivered as either CNG or LNG, is created by the recovery and processing of naturally occurring, environmentally detrimental waste methane ("biogas") from non-fossil fuel sources—such as dairy and other livestock waste and landfills—for environmentally beneficial use as a replacement for fossil-based transportation fuels at an affordable price. Methane is one of the most potent climate-harming greenhouse gases ("GHG") with a comparative impact on global warming that is about 28 times more powerful than that of carbon dioxide. We are focused on developing, owning, and operating dairy RNG projects and supplying RNG (currently procured from third party sources) to our customers in the heavy and medium-duty commercial transportation sectors. We have participated in the alternative vehicle fuels industry for over 28 years. We believe we are in a unique position because the valuable Environmental Credits (as defined below) are generated by the party that dispenses RNG into vehicle fuel tanks, and we believe we have access to more dispensers than any other market participant.

Clean Energy also sells bulk natural gas in the form of LNG and CNG to customers ranging from marine cargo ships to space aircraft to large paper mills.

We believe we were the first organization to sell RNG as a vehicle fuel in the U.S., and sales of our RNG for such purpose have increased from 13.0 million gasoline gallon equivalents ("GGEs") in 2013 to 237.4 million GGEs in 2025. We calculate one GGE to equal 125,000 British Thermal Units ("BTUs") and, as such, one million BTUs ("MMBTU") equals eight GGEs. We are North America’s leading provider of the cleanest fuel for the commercial transportation market, based on both the number of stations we operate and the amount of GGEs serviced and GGEs sold of RNG, in the form of CNG and LNG, which amounted to a total of 468 million GGEs in 2025. With the Company’s focus on RNG, our sales of RNG volume have grown from 12% of our vehicle fuel sales in 2013 to 88% of our vehicle fuel sales in 2025 (excluding GGEs from O&M (as defined below) services sales and non-vehicle sales). We believe that during 2025 we provided 50% and 32% of the RNG used for transportation fuel in California and the U.S., respectively.

As a comprehensive clean energy solutions provider, we also design and build, as well as operate and maintain ("O&M"), public and private vehicle fueling stations in the U.S. and Canada; transport and sell RNG and conventional natural gas via "virtual" natural gas pipelines and interconnects; sell U.S. federal, state and local government credits (collectively, "Environmental Credits") we generate by selling RNG as a vehicle fuel, including Renewable Identification Numbers ("RIN Credits" or "RINs") under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard Phase 2 and credits under the California, Oregon, New Mexico and Washington Low Carbon Fuel Standards (collectively, "LCFS Credits"); and obtain federal, state and local tax credits, grants and incentives. We serve fleet vehicle operators in a variety of markets, including heavy-duty trucking, airports, refuse, public transit, industrial and institutional energy users, and government fleets. We believe these fleet markets will continue to present a growth opportunity for our vehicle fuels for the foreseeable future.

Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed February 24, 2026. Read the filing

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