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.
FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
FirstEnergy has a net margin of 8.22% compared to FirstEnergy's net margin of 5.97%. Clearway Energy's return on equity of 12.45% beat FirstEnergy's return on equity.
FirstEnergy currently has a consensus target price of $40.27, suggesting a potential upside of 3.74%. Clearway Energy has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.65%. Given FirstEnergy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than FirstEnergy.
In the previous week, FirstEnergy had 8 more articles in the media than Clearway Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for FirstEnergy and 3 mentions for Clearway Energy. FirstEnergy's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Clearway Energy's score of 0.83 indicating that Clearway Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. 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. 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 has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Clearway Energy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Clearway Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
Summary
FirstEnergy beats Clearway Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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