debt_leverage_profile
Net debt ~$200M pre-acquisition; moderate leverage ratio ~1.5x EBITDA; 20% rate rise adds ~$4M annual interest expense
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interest_rate_sensitivity
Variable-rate debt exposure modest; 20% rate increase compresses net income ~3-5%, manageable given EBITDA margins ~4-6%
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geopolitical_supply_exposure
High intensity; OPEC+ supply decisions and Russia-Ukraine conflict drive price volatility.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
supply_chain_dependency
Soybean oil from South American ports (Brazil/Argentina export controls) and Southeast Asian palm oil via Strait of Malacca
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international_expansion_readiness
Primarily US-domestic revenue; limited international exposure; minimal sovereign currency devaluation risk across revenue base
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geographic_footprint
~95% US-based revenue; Canada and Europe minor; CAD and EUR exposure negligible, under 5% combined of total revenue
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commodity_exposure_profile
High intensity; commodities: Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Coal, Refined Petroleum Products, Uranium, Steel (equipment); geopolitical: OPEC+ supply decisions and Russia-Ukraine conflict drive price volatility.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
vendor_lock_dependency_score
No single vendor exceeds 30% input cost; feedstock suppliers diversified across soy, corn oil, distillers corn oil, and animal fats
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business_model_type_primary
Physical biofuel refining and distribution; not cloud-dependent; AWS/GCP termination causes minor ERP disruption, not operational failure
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business_model_type_secondary
Secondary biomass-based diesel trading and RIN credit monetization; entirely physical/regulatory model, cloud-agnostic
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switching_cost_profile
Minimal API coupling risk; operations are physical refining; ERP/LIMS systems are standard industrial software, easily replaceable
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howey_test_risk_index
Revenue model is commodity product sales (biodiesel/renewable diesel); fails Howey Test — no securities law risk from operations
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regulatory_burden_tier
High
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
data_sovereignty_risk
Low GDPR/CCPA exposure; B2B fuel supplier with minimal consumer PII; compliance costs immaterial to financial profile
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antitrust_exposure_flag
Low antitrust risk; operates in fragmented renewable fuel market; Chevron acquisition reviewed but cleared with divestitures
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regulatory_exposure_profile
High burden; regimes: EPA, FERC, DOE, CFTC, OSHA, SEC; Accelerating emissions mandates and methane rules threaten capex economics.
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
revenue_model_type
~95% transactional (spot and contract fuel sales); multi-year offtake agreements ~20-30% of volume providing partial revenue visibility
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monetization_vector
Primary monetization via biodiesel/renewable diesel sales plus RIN credit sales; government incentive dependency is a structural feature
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pricing_architecture
Pricing indexed to ULSD/soybean oil spread plus RIN value; margin compression risk high when feedstock costs spike without BTC support
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pricing_power_rating
Low independent pricing power; commodity price-taker; margins driven by Blenders Tax Credit and RIN prices, not proprietary pricing
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target_gross_margin_bracket
Gross margins typically 5-12%; highly variable with feedstock costs and RIN prices; structurally thin for a commodity processor
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churn_vulnerability_index
No free-rider problem; physical commodity business with contract-based B2B sales; customer churn risk low but margin risk high
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headcount_cost_structure
Revenue growth is capital-linear not headcount-linear; doubling revenue requires new refinery capacity, not proportional staff increase
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marginal_cost_of_growth
Sublinear headcount scaling; marginal cost of growth dominated by feedstock procurement and capex, not labor; good operating leverage
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franchise_compliance_risk
Not a franchise model; N/A
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customer_acquisition_metric
At 10x scale, feedstock scarcity and RIN market saturation would compress margins; CAC low but supply constraints binding
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network_effect_present
No meaningful network effects; commodity fuel business; scale provides feedstock purchasing leverage but no demand-side network dynamics
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asset_efficiency_ratio
AI displacement risk low for physical refining operations; automation applicable to logistics and trading, not core production
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recession_resistance_tier
Moderate recession resistance; transportation fuel demand relatively inelastic but discretionary industrial demand softens; Tier 2
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customer_segment_primary
Petroleum distributors, fuel jobbers, and fleet operators; top 10 customers likely represent 40-50% of volume
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customer_segment_secondary
Utilities and power generators consuming biomass-based diesel; smaller segment but growing with clean energy mandates
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characteristic_occupations
["11-0000 Management Occupations", "13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations", "15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations", "17-0000 Architecture and Engineering Occupations", "19-0000 Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations", "23-0000 Legal Occupations", "41-0000 Sales and Related Occupations", "43-0000 Office and Administrative Support Occupations", "47-0000 Construction and Extraction Occupations", "49-0000 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations", "53-0000 Transportation and Material Moving Occupations"]
High
SOC-2018/GICS-overlay
agent_automatable_labor_share
0.33 (HIL — ~33% of characteristic roles agent-automatable)
Medium
SOC-2018 + agentic-exposure-v1
capital_expenditure_profile
Capital reallocation toward renewable diesel (higher margin, policy-supported) from conventional biodiesel; legacy-to-future shift underway
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sec_cik
1368308
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ticker
REGI (acquired by Chevron 2022, now delisted); pre-acquisition traded at ~8-10x EBITDA, discount reflected RIN price volatility and feedstock risk
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