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Clean Energy Fuels (STU:WIQ) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is Clean Energy Fuels Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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Clean Energy Fuels Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clean Energy Fuels's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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Clean Energy Fuels Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Clean Energy Fuels's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing subindustry, Clean Energy Fuels's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Clean Energy Fuels's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Clean Energy Fuels's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clean Energy Fuels's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Clean Energy Fuels Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Clean Energy Fuels's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Clean Energy Fuels's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=-0.068/131.7762*131.7762
=-0.068

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Clean Energy Fuels Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -0.339 100.560 -0.444
201409 -0.218 100.428 -0.286
201412 -0.295 99.070 -0.392
201503 0.084 99.621 0.111
201506 -0.365 100.684 -0.478
201509 -0.118 100.392 -0.155
201512 -0.222 99.792 -0.293
201603 0.194 100.470 0.254
201606 -0.044 101.688 -0.057
201609 0.079 101.861 0.102
201612 -0.034 101.863 -0.044
201703 -0.038 102.862 -0.049
201706 -0.076 103.349 -0.097
201709 -0.066 104.136 -0.084
201712 -0.054 104.011 -0.068
201803 -0.049 105.290 -0.061
201806 0.119 106.317 0.147
201809 0.007 106.507 0.009
201812 -0.009 105.998 -0.011
201903 -0.054 107.251 -0.066
201906 0.059 108.070 0.072
201909 -0.039 108.329 -0.047
201912 -0.031 108.420 -0.038
202003 -0.035 108.902 -0.042
202006 0.227 108.767 0.275
202009 -0.001 109.815 -0.001
202012 0.019 109.897 0.023
202103 0.000 111.754 0.000
202106 0.020 114.631 0.023
202109 0.029 115.734 0.033
202112 -0.001 117.630 -0.001
202203 -0.029 121.301 -0.032
202206 0.072 125.017 0.076
202209 -0.055 125.227 -0.058
202212 0.066 125.222 0.069
202303 -0.197 127.348 -0.204
202306 -0.074 128.729 -0.076
202309 -0.082 129.860 -0.083
202312 0.028 129.419 0.029
202403 -0.068 131.776 -0.068

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Clean Energy Fuels  (STU:WIQ) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Clean Energy Fuels (STU:WIQ) Business Description

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4675 MacArthur Court, Suite 800, Newport Beach, CA, USA, 92660
Clean Energy Fuels Corp is a natural gas marketer and retailer operating in the United States and Canada. The company supplies compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and renewable natural gas as an alternative fuel for vehicles. The majority of revenue is generated within the U.S. and mostly consists of compressed natural gas. The company operates by purchasing natural gas from local utilities; compressing, cooling, or liquefying it at company-owned plants; and selling natural gas products through company-owned or customer-owned fueling stations. The company also builds, operates, and maintains natural gas fueling stations for customers. The company's target markets include heavy-duty trucking, airports, public transit, institutional energy users, and government fleets.

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