Head to Head Review: Heidmar Maritime (NASDAQ:HMR) and Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE)

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

Institutional and Insider 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Heidmar Maritime and Clean Energy Fuels, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

Heidmar Maritime currently has a consensus price target of $2.62, suggesting a potential upside of 118.75%. Clean Energy Fuels has a consensus price target of $2.38, suggesting a potential upside of 30.24%. Given Heidmar Maritime’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Heidmar Maritime is more favorable than Clean Energy Fuels.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Heidmar Maritime 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
Heidmar Maritime	$55.85 million	1.27	-$22.56 million	$0.02	60.00
Clean Energy Fuels	$424.83 million	0.95	-$222.02 million	($0.36)	-5.08

Heidmar Maritime has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Volatility and Risk

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

Profitability

This table compares Heidmar Maritime and Clean Energy Fuels’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heidmar Maritime	2.47%	21.68%	3.84%
Clean Energy Fuels	-16.95%	-13.49%	-7.30%

Summary

Heidmar Maritime beats Clean Energy Fuels on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Heidmar Maritime

Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp. is a maritime transportation and commercial management company focused primarily on the tanker shipping sector. Through its operating businesses and vessel pools, the company coordinates the employment of tankers that transport crude oil, refined petroleum products and other liquid bulk commodities. Heidmar’s services include commercial management, chartering, voyage planning, operations coordination and customer relationship management. Its pool-based model combines vessels from multiple owners and seeks to improve scheduling, cargo matching and utilization across global shipping routes.

About Clean Energy Fuels

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) provides fueling solutions for medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fleets in North America. The company develops, owns and operates natural gas fueling stations and supplies transportation fuel to customers such as refuse and recycling companies, transit agencies, trucking operators, airports and other commercial fleets. Its offerings include compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG) and renewable natural gas (RNG). Clean Energy also provides station construction, operation and maintenance services, fleet fueling support, and related infrastructure solutions.