Clean Energy Reports Revenue of $132.2 Million and 53.4 Million RNG Gallons Sold for the First Quarter of 2023
Andrew J. Littlefair, Clean Energy’s President and Chief Executive Officer, stated: “The first quarter of 2023 was overshadowed by the historic run up in the price of natural gas in
The Company sold 53.4 million gallons of renewable natural gas (“RNG”) in the first quarter of 2023, a
The Company’s revenue for the first quarter of 2023 was
On a GAAP (as defined below) basis, net loss attributable to Clean Energy for the first quarter of 2023 was
Non-GAAP income (loss) per share and Adjusted EBITDA (each as defined below) for the first quarter of 2023 was
Non-GAAP income (loss) per share and Adjusted EBITDA are described below and reconciled to GAAP net income (loss) per share attributable to Clean Energy and GAAP net income (loss) attributable to Clean Energy, respectively.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the Company’s unaudited consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in
Non-GAAP financial measures are limited as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, the Company’s GAAP results. The Company expects to continue reporting non-GAAP financial measures, adjusting for the items described below (and/or other items that may arise in the future as the Company’s management deems appropriate), and the Company expects to continue to incur expenses, charges or gains like the non-GAAP adjustments described below. Accordingly, unless expressly stated otherwise, the exclusion of these and other similar items in the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures should not be construed as an inference that these costs are unusual, infrequent, or non-recurring. Non-GAAP income (loss) per share and Adjusted EBITDA are not recognized terms under GAAP and do not purport to be an alternative to GAAP income (loss), GAAP income (loss) per share or any other GAAP measure as an indicator of operating performance. Moreover, because not all companies use identical measures and calculations, the Company’s presentation of non-GAAP income (loss) per share and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures used by other companies.
Non-GAAP Income (Loss) Per Share
Non-GAAP income (loss) per share, which the Company presents as a non-GAAP measure of its performance, is defined as net income (loss) attributable to Clean Energy Fuels Corp., plus Amazon warrant charges, plus stock-based compensation expense, plus (minus) loss (income) from the SAFE&CEC S.r.l. equity method investment, and plus (minus) any loss (gain) from changes in the fair value of derivative instruments, the total of which is divided by the Company’s weighted-average common shares outstanding on a diluted basis. The Company’s management believes excluding non-cash expenses related to the Amazon warrant charges provides useful information to investors regarding the Company’s performance because the Amazon warrant charges are measured based upon a fair value determined using a variety of assumptions and estimates, and the Amazon warrant charges do not affect the Company’s operating cash flows related to the delivery and sale of vehicle fuel to its customer. The Company’s management believes excluding non-cash expenses related to stock-based compensation provides useful information to investors regarding the Company’s performance because of the varying available valuation methodologies, the volatility of the expense (which depends on market forces outside of management’s control), the subjectivity of the assumptions and the variety of award types that a company can use, which may obscure trends in a company’s core operating performance. Similarly, the Company believes excluding the non-cash results from the SAFE&CEC S.r.l. equity method investment is useful to investors because these charges are not part of or representative of the core operations of the Company. In addition, the Company’s management believes excluding the non-cash loss (gain) from changes in the fair value of derivative instruments is useful to investors because the valuation of the derivative instruments is based on a number of subjective assumptions, the amount of the loss or gain is derived from market forces outside of management’s control, and the exclusion of these amounts enables investors to compare the Company’s performance with other companies that do not use, or use different forms of, derivative instruments.
The table below shows GAAP and non-GAAP income (loss) attributable to Clean Energy per share and also reconciles GAAP net income (loss) attributable to Clean Energy to the non-GAAP net income (loss) attributable to Clean Energy figure used in the calculation of non-GAAP income (loss) per share:
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, |
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2022 |
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2023 |
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Net loss attributable to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. |
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$ |
(24,191 |
) |
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$ |
(38,697 |
) |
Amazon warrant charges |
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3,756 |
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13,730 |
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Stock-based compensation |
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8,253 |
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6,096 |
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Loss (income) from SAFE&CEC S.r.l. equity method investment |
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158 |
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446 |
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Loss (gain) from change in fair value of derivative instruments |
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1,035 |
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2,532 |
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Non-GAAP net loss attributable to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. |
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$ |
(10,989 |
) |
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$ |
(15,893 |
) |
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding |
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222,559,648 |
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222,717,113 |
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GAAP loss attributable to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. per share |
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$ |
(0.11 |
) |
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$ |
(0.17 |
) |
Non-GAAP loss attributable to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. per share |
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$ |
(0.05 |
) |
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$ |
(0.07 |
) |
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA, which the Company presents as a non-GAAP measure of its performance, is defined as net income (loss) attributable to Clean Energy Fuels Corp., plus (minus) income tax expense (benefit), plus interest expense (including any losses from the extinguishment of debt), minus interest income, plus depreciation and amortization expense, plus Amazon warrant charges, plus stock-based compensation expense, plus (minus) loss (income) from the SAFE&CEC S.r.l. equity method investment, plus (minus) any loss (gain) from changes in the fair value of derivative instruments, plus depreciation and amortization expense from RNG equity method investments, plus interest expense from RNG equity method investments, and minus interest income from RNG equity method investments. The Company’s management believes Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors regarding the Company’s performance for the same reasons discussed above with respect to non-GAAP income (loss) per share. In addition, management internally uses Adjusted EBITDA to determine elements of executive and employee compensation.
The table below shows Adjusted EBITDA and also reconciles this figure to GAAP net loss attributable to Clean Energy:
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, |
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2022 |
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2023 |
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Net loss attributable to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. |
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$ |
(24,191 |
) |
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$ |
(38,697 |
) |
Income tax expense (benefit) |
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49 |
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(64 |
) |
Interest expense |
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3,077 |
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4,354 |
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Interest income |
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(264 |
) |
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(2,717 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
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11,390 |
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10,678 |
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Amazon warrant charges |
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3,756 |
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13,730 |
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Stock-based compensation |
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8,253 |
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6,096 |
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Loss (income) from SAFE&CEC S.r.l. equity method investment |
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158 |
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446 |
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Loss (gain) from change in fair value of derivative instruments |
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1,035 |
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2,532 |
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Depreciation and amortization from RNG equity method investments |
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— |
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109 |
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Interest expense from RNG equity method investments |
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— |
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129 |
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Interest income from RNG equity method investments |
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(124 |
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(564 |
) |
Adjusted EBITDA |
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$ |
3,139 |
$ |
(3,968 |
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Fuel and Service Volume
The following tables present, for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2023, (1) the amount of total fuel volume the Company sold to customers with particular focus on RNG volume as a subset of total fuel volume and (2) operation and maintenance (“O&M”) services volume dispensed at facilities the Company does not own but at which it provides O&M services on a per-gallon or fixed fee basis. Certain gallons are included in both fuel and service volumes when the Company sells fuel (product revenue) to a customer and provides maintenance services (service revenue) to the same customer.
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Three Months Ended |
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Fuel volume, GGEs(2) sold (in millions), |
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March 31, |
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correlating to total volume-related product revenue |
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2022 |
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2023 |
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RNG(1) |
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39.7 |
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53.4 |
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Conventional natural gas(1) |
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18.6 |
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15.4 |
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Total fuel volume |
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58.3 |
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68.8 |
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Three Months Ended |
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O&M services volume, GGEs(2) serviced (in millions), |
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March 31, |
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correlating to volume-related O&M services revenue |
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2022 |
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2023 |
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O&M services volume |
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55.6 |
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59.6 |
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| (1) | All RNG and conventional natural gas sold were sourced from third-party suppliers. |
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| (2) | The Company calculates one gasoline gallon equivalent (“GGE”) to equal 125,000 British Thermal Units (“BTUs”), and, as such, one million BTUs (“MMBTU”) equal eight GGEs. |
Sources of Revenue
The following table shows the Company’s sources of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2023:
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March 31, |
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Revenue (in millions) |
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2022 |
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2023 |
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Product revenue: |
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Volume-related(1) |
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Fuel sales(2) |
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$ |
58.6 |
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$ |
106.9 |
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Change in fair value of derivative instruments(3) |
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(1.0 |
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(2.5 |
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RIN Credits |
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7.9 |
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4.5 |
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LCFS Credits |
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3.4 |
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2.3 |
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AFTC |
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0.2 |
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4.5 |
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Total volume-related product revenue |
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69.2 |
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115.7 |
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Station construction sales |
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3.3 |
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4.1 |
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Total product revenue |
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72.5 |
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119.8 |
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Service revenue: |
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Volume-related, O&M services |
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10.7 |
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12.0 |
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Other services |
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0.3 |
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0.4 |
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Total service revenue |
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11.0 |
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12.4 |
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Total revenue |
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$ |
83.5 |
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$ |
132.2 |
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| (1) | The Company’s volume-related product revenue primarily consists of sales of RNG and conventional natural gas, in the form of CNG and LNG, and sales of RINs and LCFS Credits in addition to changes in fair value of our derivative instruments. |
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Includes |
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| (3) | The change in fair value of derivative instruments is related to the Company’s commodity swap and customer fueling contracts. The amounts are classified as revenue because the Company’s commodity swap contracts are used to economically offset the risk associated with the diesel-to-natural gas price spread resulting from customer fueling contracts under the Company’s Zero Now truck financing program. |
2023 Outlook
GAAP net loss for 2023 is expected to range from approximately
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(in thousands) |
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2023 Outlook |
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GAAP Net loss attributable to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. |
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$ |
(105,000) - (115,000) |
Income tax expense (benefit) |
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600 |
Interest expense |
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18,000 |
Interest income |
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(5,600) |
Depreciation and amortization |
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53,500 |
Stock-based compensation |
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32,500 |
Loss (income) from SAFE&CEC S.r.l. equity method investment |
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— |
Loss (gain) from change in fair value of derivative instruments |
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— |
Amazon warrant charges |
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66,000 |
Adjusted EBITDA |
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$ |
50,000 - 60,000 |
Today’s Conference Call
The Company will host an investor conference call today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time (1:30 p.m. Pacific). Investors interested in participating in the live call can dial 1.888.886.7786 from the
About Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is the country’s largest provider of the cleanest fuel for the transportation market. Our mission is to decarbonize transportation through the development and delivery of renewable natural gas (“RNG”), a sustainable fuel derived from organic waste. Clean Energy allows thousands of vehicles, from airport shuttles to city buses to waste and heavy-duty trucks, to reduce their amount of climate-harming greenhouse gas. We operate a vast network of fueling stations across the
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements about, among other things, our fiscal 2023 outlook, our volume growth, customer expansion, production sources, joint ventures, and the benefits of our fuels.
Forward-looking statements are statements other than historical facts and relate to future events or circumstances or the Company’s future performance, and are based on the Company’s current assumptions, expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on the Company and its business. As a result, actual results, performance or achievements and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors including, among others: the direct and indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; macroeconomic conditions and supply chain issues and the related impact on our operations, liquidity and financial condition; the willingness of fleets and other consumers to adopt natural gas as a vehicle fuel, and the rate and level of any such adoption; the Company’s ability to capture a substantial share of the market for alternative vehicle fuels and vehicle fuels generally and to compete successfully in these markets; the potential adoption of government policies or programs or increased publicity or popular sentiment in favor of other vehicle fuels; the market’s perception of the benefits of RNG and conventional natural gas relative to other alternative vehicle fuels; natural gas vehicle and engine cost, fuel usage, availability, quality, safety, convenience, design, performance and residual value, as well as operator perception with respect to these factors, in general and in the Company’s key customer markets, including heavy-duty trucking; the Company’s ability to further develop and manage its RNG business, including its ability to procure adequate supplies of RNG and generate revenues from sales of such RNG; the Company and its suppliers’ ability to successfully develop and operate projects and produce expected volumes of RNG; the potential commercial viability of livestock waste and dairy farm projects to produce RNG; the Company’s history of net losses and the possibility that the Company could incur additional net losses in the future; the Company’s and its partners’ ability to acquire, finance, construct and develop other commercial projects; the Company’s ability to invest in hydrogen stations or modify its fueling stations to reform its RNG to fuel hydrogen and charge electric vehicles; the Company’s ability to realize the expected benefits from the commercial arrangement with Amazon and related transactions; the future supply, demand, use and prices of crude oil, gasoline, diesel, natural gas, and other vehicle fuels, including overall levels of and volatility in these factors; changes in the competitive environment in which we operate, including potentially increasing competition in the market for vehicle fuels generally; the Company’s ability to manage and increase its business of transporting and selling CNG for non-vehicle purposes via virtual natural gas pipelines and interconnects, as well as its station design and construction activities; construction, permitting and other factors that could cause delays or other problems at station construction projects; the Company’s ability to execute and realize the intended benefits of any acquisitions, divestitures, investments or other strategic relationships or transactions; the future availability of and the Company’s access to additional capital, which may include debt or equity financing, in the amounts and at the times needed to fund growth in the Company’s business and the repayment of its debt obligations (whether at or before their due dates) or other expenditures, as well as the terms and other effects of any such capital raising transaction; the Company’s ability to generate sufficient cash flows to repay its debt obligations as they come due; the availability of environmental, tax and other government legislation, regulations, programs and incentives that promote natural gas, such as AFTC, or other alternatives as a vehicle fuel, including long-standing support for gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles and growing support for electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles that could result in programs or incentives that favor these or other vehicles or vehicle fuels over natural gas; the Company’s ability to comply with various registration and regulatory requirements related to its RNG projects; the effect of, or potential for changes to greenhouse gas emissions requirements or other environmental regulations applicable to vehicles powered by gasoline, diesel, natural gas or other vehicle fuels and crude oil and natural gas fueling, drilling, production, transportation or use; the Company’s ability to manage the safety and environmental risks inherent in its operations; the Company’s compliance with all applicable government regulations; the impact of the foregoing on the trading price of the Company’s common stock; and general political, regulatory, economic and market conditions.
The forward-looking statements made in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as otherwise required by law. The Company’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov), including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 that the Company expects to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about May 9, 2023, contain additional information about these and other risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this press release, and such risk factors may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (In thousands, except share and per share data; Unaudited) |
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December 31, |
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March 31, |
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2022 |
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2023 |
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Assets |
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Current assets: |
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Cash, cash equivalents and current portion of restricted cash |
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$ |
125,950 |
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$ |
166,807 |
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Short-term investments |
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139,569 |
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55,113 |
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Accounts receivable, net of allowance of |
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91,430 |
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107,896 |
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Other receivables |
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17,026 |
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20,078 |
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Inventory |
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37,144 |
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38,045 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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60,601 |
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53,569 |
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Total current assets |
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471,720 |
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441,508 |
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Operating lease right-of-use assets |
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52,586 |
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60,573 |
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Land, property and equipment, net |
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264,068 |
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274,136 |
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Notes receivable and other long-term assets, net |
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30,467 |
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30,740 |
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Investments in other entities |
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193,273 |
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191,981 |
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Goodwill |
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64,328 |
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64,328 |
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Intangible assets, net |
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5,915 |
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6,365 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
1,082,357 |
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$ |
1,069,631 |
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity |
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Current liabilities: |
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Current portion of debt |
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$ |
93 |
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$ |
37 |
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Current portion of finance lease obligations |
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948 |
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1,008 |
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Current portion of operating lease obligations |
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4,206 |
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4,558 |
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Accounts payable |
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44,435 |
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39,144 |
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Accrued liabilities |
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90,079 |
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97,537 |
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Deferred revenue |
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5,970 |
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6,099 |
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Derivative liabilities, related party |
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2,415 |
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3,373 |
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Total current liabilities |
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148,146 |
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151,756 |
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Long-term portion of debt |
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145,471 |
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144,877 |
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Long-term portion of finance lease obligations |
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2,134 |
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2,231 |
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Long-term portion of operating lease obligations |
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48,911 |
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56,843 |
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Long-term portion of derivative liabilities, related party |
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1,430 |
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502 |
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Other long-term liabilities |
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8,794 |
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9,653 |
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Total liabilities |
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354,886 |
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365,862 |
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Commitments and contingencies |
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Stockholders’ equity: |
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Preferred stock, |
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— |
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— |
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Common stock, |
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22 |
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22 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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1,553,668 |
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1,568,093 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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(829,975 |
) |
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(868,672 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
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(3,722 |
) |
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(3,017 |
) |
Total Clean Energy Fuels Corp. stockholders’ equity |
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719,993 |
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696,426 |
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Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary |
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7,478 |
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7,343 |
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Total stockholders’ equity |
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727,471 |
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703,769 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
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$ |
1,082,357 |
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$ |
1,069,631 |
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Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (In thousands, except share and per share data; Unaudited) |
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, |
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2022 |
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2023 |
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Revenue: |
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Product revenue |
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$ |
72,507 |
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$ |
119,727 |
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Service revenue |
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10,990 |
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12,456 |
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Total revenue |
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83,497 |
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132,183 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below): |
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Product cost of sales |
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57,615 |
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119,658 |
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Service cost of sales |
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6,622 |
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7,610 |
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Selling, general and administrative |
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27,927 |
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29,649 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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11,390 |
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10,678 |
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Total operating expenses |
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103,554 |
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167,595 |
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Operating loss |
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(20,057 |
) |
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(35,412 |
) |
Interest expense |
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(3,077 |
) |
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(4,354 |
) |
Interest income |
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264 |
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2,717 |
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Other income, net |
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20 |
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43 |
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Loss from equity method investments |
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(1,677 |
) |
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(1,890 |
) |
Loss before income taxes |
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(24,527 |
) |
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(38,896 |
) |
Income tax (expense) benefit |
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(49 |
) |
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64 |
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Net loss |
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(24,576 |
) |
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(38,832 |
) |
Loss attributable to noncontrolling interest |
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|
385 |
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|
135 |
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Net loss attributable to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. |
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$ |
(24,191 |
) |
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$ |
(38,697 |
) |
Net loss attributable to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. per share: |
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Basic and diluted |
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$ |
(0.11 |
) |
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$ |
(0.17 |
) |
Weighted-average common shares outstanding: |
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Basic and diluted |
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222,559,648 |
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222,717,113 |
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View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230508005766/en/
Investor Contact:
investors@cleanenergyfuels.com
News Media Contact:
Raleigh
Director of Corporate Communications
949.437.1397
Source: Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
