Skip to content
MARKETS / COMPARE / CLNE VS SRE

CLNE vs SRE

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and Sempra, side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.

At a glance

Most recent reported year

CLNE vs SRE, at a glance
Metric CLNE SRE
Revenue$424.8M$13.7B
Net income$-222.0M$1.8B
Gross margin··
Net margin−52.4%15.1%
Return on equity−34.9%5.8%
Diluted EPS−$1.01$2.75
Dividend / share·$2.58
Payout ratio·87.3%
Free cash flow$59.9M$-6.0B
Equity$559.4M$31.6B
Net debt / equity0.13×1.05×
Current ratio2.32×1.59×
Revenue CAGR 5y7.8%3.8%
Profit CAGR 5y··

SRE bills 32.3× the revenue of CLNE, and CLNE closed the last reported year at a loss.

The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.

Revenue by year

10 years side by side

CLNE vs SRE, revenue by year
Fiscal year CLNE SRE
FY2025$424.8M$13.7B
FY2024$415.9M$13.2B
FY2023$425.2M$16.7B
FY2022$420.2M$14.4B
FY2021$255.6M$12.9B
FY2020$291.7M$11.4B
FY2019$344.1M$10.8B
FY2018$346.4M$10.1B
FY2017$341.6M$9.6B
FY2016$402.7M$10.2B
Net income by year

Bottom line

CLNE vs SRE, net income by year
Fiscal year CLNE SRE
FY2025$-222.0M$1.8B
FY2024$-83.1M$2.9B
FY2023$-99.5M$3.1B
FY2022$-58.7M$2.1B
FY2021$-93.1M$1.3B
FY2020$-9.9M$4.1B
FY2019$20.4M$2.4B
FY2018$-3.8M$1.1B
FY2017$-79.2M$351.0M
FY2016$-13.7M$1.5B
Revenue gap over time

17 fiscal years

Revenue gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025−$13,277,167,000SRE
FY2024−$12,769,135,000SRE
FY2023−$16,294,841,000SRE
FY2022−$14,018,836,000SRE
FY2021−$12,601,354,000SRE
FY2020−$11,078,276,000SRE
FY2019−$10,484,935,000SRE
FY2018−$9,755,581,000SRE
FY2017−$9,298,401,000SRE
FY2016−$9,780,344,000SRE
FY2015−$9,846,680,000SRE
FY2014−$10,606,060,000SRE
FY2013−$10,204,525,000SRE
FY2012−$9,312,992,000SRE
FY2011−$9,743,283,000SRE
FY2010−$8,791,166,000SRE
FY2009−$7,974,497,000SRE

SRE has reported the higher revenue in every one of these 17 fiscal years. The gap has widened since the earliest year compared.

17 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin gap over time

17 fiscal years

Net margin gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025−67.5 ppSRE
FY2024−46.7 ppSRE
FY2023−45.2 ppSRE
FY2022−30.0 ppSRE
FY2021−48.2 ppSRE
FY2020−40.1 ppSRE
FY2019−18.0 ppSRE
FY2018−13.8 ppSRE
FY2017−27.5 ppSRE
FY2016−18.3 ppSRE
FY2015−49.4 ppSRE
FY2014−32.6 ppSRE
FY2013−29.3 ppSRE
FY2012−39.7 ppSRE
FY2011−30.0 ppSRE
FY2010−9.1 ppSRE
FY2009−39.5 ppSRE

SRE has kept the higher net margin in every one of these 17 fiscal years.

17 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin volatility

Standard deviation, each side

CLNE's net margin has been more volatile than SRE's over the 17 comparable fiscal years — 14.4 percentage points of standard deviation against 7.5.

17 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in net margin

Year by year

SRE led in net margin in every one of the 17 comparable fiscal years — a structural lead, not a recent swing.

17 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Return on equity volatility

Standard deviation, each side

CLNE's return on equity has been more volatile than SRE's over the 6 comparable fiscal years — 8.6 percentage points of standard deviation against 3.0.

6 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in return on equity

Year by year

SRE led in return on equity in every one of the 6 comparable fiscal years — a structural lead, not a recent swing.

6 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

More in this industry

Other pairs

The companies

Full pages