5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Clean Energy Fuels

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 115,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, natural gas and alternative fuel provider Clean Energy Fuels (Nasdaq: CLNE) has earned a coveted five-star ranking. Our data has shown that five-star stocks outperform the market by a significant margin; conversely, one-star stocks have woefully lagged the market average.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Clean Energy's business, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Clean Energy facts

Headquarters (Founded)

Seal Beach, California (2001)

Market Cap

$440 million

Industry

Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing

TTM Revenue

$123.4 million

Management

Co-Founder/CEO Andrew Littlefair
CFO Richard Wheeler

TTM Return on Equity

(5.4%)

Competitors

Exterran Holdings (NYSE: EXH),
ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM)

CAPS members bullish on CLNE also bullish on

General Electric (NYSE: GE),
Vale (NYSE: RIO)

CAPS members bearish on CLNE also bearish on

Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM),
Citigroup (NYSE: C)

Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.

Over on CAPS, fully 669 of the 694 members who have rated Clean Energy -- some 96% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These Foolish bulls include OSTATEBOY and Itpage.

Just last week, CAPS All-Star OSTATEBOY kept the bullish case simple: "T.Boone pickens company. Don't really need to say much more than that. This company is destined for greatness and is trading well below what it will be in the next few years. Big growth here."

An earlier pitch from Itpage shares that sentiment, noting that although Nancy Pelosi's stake in Clean Energy is nice, the stock has plenty more tailwinds working in its favor:

Regardless of the Speaker of the House's position in CLNE, America needs the infrastructure to capitalize on cheaper, cleaner fuel for the nations public transportation. This should bode well for CLNE's growth over the next several years. Compressed Natural Gas is the way to go.

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