Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -3.59% in Q2 2026, up 12.56 percentage points from -16.15% a year earlier and up 0.41 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Clean Energy Fuels reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of -16.00%, down 12.69 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of -14.52 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at -3.31% in FY2024 (+4.27 pp), -7.59% in FY2023 (-1.65 pp), -5.93% in FY2022 (+7.45 pp) and -13.38% in FY2021 (-11.91 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q4 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] rose in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.04 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 12.56 percentage points in Q2 2026, against a drop of 15.79 percentage points in Q3 2021 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at -4.00% (Q1 2026), -17.01% (Q4 2025) and -16.74% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plug Power | 2.02 Bn | 1.10 Bn | -1.68 Mn | -71.96% |
| 2 | Rex American Resources | 1.30 Bn | -151.40 Mn | 53.30 Mn | 17.41% |
| 3 | Green Plains | 913.32 Mn | 313.99 Mn | 113.03 Mn | 10.40% |
| 4 | Clean Energy Fuels | 418.85 Mn | -150.40 Mn | 41.24 Mn | -2.02% |
| 5 | Montauk Renewables | 384.61 Mn | 312.39 Mn | - | 0.26% |
| 6 | Gevo | 328.32 Mn | 37.51 Mn | 19.80 Mn | -34.14% |
| 7 | Aemetis | 116.73 Mn | 102.70 Mn | 29.47 Mn | - |
| 8 | OPAL Fuels | 42.98 Mn | -235.96 Mn | 24.47 Mn | 0.24% |
| 9 | Blue Biofuels | 36.30 Mn | 36.11 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | NewHydrogen | 22.13 Mn | 18.93 Mn | - | -945.45% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -2.02% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -3.59% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -4.00% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -17.01% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -16.74% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -16.15% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -14.81% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.34% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -2.73% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -3.90% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -4.55% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -7.65% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -8.90% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -7.34% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -7.26% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -5.99% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -5.80% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -5.09% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -13.09% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -11.71% |
API Access
Clean Energy Fuels Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CLNE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "CLNE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CLNE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();