CWEN vs. FE, PPL, ES, FTS, CNP, NRG, EBR, AGR, PNW, and BEP
Should you be buying Clearway Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearway Energy include FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), Fortis (FTS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), NRG Energy (NRG), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Avangrid (AGR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), and Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) and FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
FirstEnergy received 466 more outperform votes than Clearway Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.39% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 54.35% of users gave Clearway Energy an outperform vote.
FirstEnergy has a net margin of 8.22% compared to Clearway Energy's net margin of 5.97%. FirstEnergy's return on equity of 12.45% beat Clearway Energy's return on equity.
Clearway Energy currently has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.65%. FirstEnergy has a consensus target price of $40.27, indicating a potential upside of 3.74%. Given Clearway Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than FirstEnergy.
In the previous week, FirstEnergy had 9 more articles in the media than Clearway Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FirstEnergy and 3 mentions for Clearway Energy. Clearway Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.68 indicating that Clearway Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Clearway Energy pays out 248.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FirstEnergy pays out 97.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
38.0% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FirstEnergy has higher revenue and earnings than Clearway Energy. FirstEnergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearway Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FirstEnergy beats Clearway Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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