Clearway Energy (CWEN) Competitors

$27.06
+0.57 (+2.15%)
(As of 05/10/2024 ET)

CWEN vs. BEPC, ORA, NEP, AY, RNW, ENLT, CEPU, VAL, MGY, and RIG

Should you be buying Clearway Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearway Energy include Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Ormat Technologies (ORA), NextEra Energy Partners (NEP), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), ReNew Energy Global (RNW), Enlight Renewable Energy (ENLT), Central Puerto (CEPU), Valaris (VAL), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), and Transocean (RIG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.

Clearway Energy vs.

Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.

In the previous week, Clearway Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Clearway Energy and 7 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Clearway Energy's score of 0.87 indicating that Clearway Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Renewable
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Clearway Energy
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Brookfield Renewable currently has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.31%. Clearway Energy has a consensus price target of $28.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.71%. Given Clearway Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Brookfield Renewable is more favorable than Clearway Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brookfield Renewable
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Clearway Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -443.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clearway Energy pays out 243.9% 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 has raised 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.

75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Clearway Energy received 110 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.19% of users gave Clearway Energy an outperform vote while only 54.17% of users gave Brookfield Renewable an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Brookfield RenewableOutperform Votes
13
54.17%
Underperform Votes
11
45.83%
Clearway EnergyOutperform Votes
123
54.19%
Underperform Votes
104
45.81%

Clearway Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearway Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Renewable$5.04B1.12-$181M-$0.32-98.09
Clearway Energy$1.31B4.16$79M$0.6641.00

Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Brookfield Renewable has a net margin of 19.15% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of 5.97%. Clearway Energy's return on equity of 5.52% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brookfield Renewable19.15% 5.52% 2.05%
Clearway Energy 5.97%1.67%0.55%

Summary

Clearway Energy beats Brookfield Renewable on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CWEN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CWEN vs. The Competition

MetricClearway EnergyElectric services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.47B$13.46B$8.42B$17.89B
Dividend Yield5.96%4.67%11.55%3.47%
P/E Ratio41.0013.5011.0822.33
Price / Sales4.1628.6235.6610.04
Price / Cash6.818.3011.4617.93
Price / Book1.081.683.506.05
Net Income$79M$664.86M$989.22M$966.66M
7 Day Performance10.77%1.86%0.18%1.48%
1 Month Performance18.68%7.98%-1.21%2.59%
1 Year Performance-12.96%6.83%7.63%131.38%

Clearway Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
3.3869 of 5 stars
$29.65
+0.1%
$34.00
+14.7%
-10.8%$5.33B$5.04B-92.661,890Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
ORA
Ormat Technologies
4.4489 of 5 stars
$68.07
+0.6%
$81.00
+19.0%
-15.9%$4.11B$829.42M32.571,576Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NEP
NextEra Energy Partners
4.2548 of 5 stars
$30.15
-1.2%
$41.60
+38.0%
-48.3%$2.82B$1.08B9.89N/A
AY
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure
3.0782 of 5 stars
$21.41
-2.7%
$23.67
+10.5%
-13.1%$2.48B$1.10B50.981,366Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
RNW
ReNew Energy Global
2.2125 of 5 stars
$6.07
-4.6%
$8.35
+37.6%
+14.9%$2.26B$1.09B60.702,481News Coverage
ENLT
Enlight Renewable Energy
0.9571 of 5 stars
$17.33
+0.4%
$18.50
+6.8%
+2.9%$2.00B$255.70M30.40287Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CEPU
Central Puerto
1.8925 of 5 stars
$10.92
-1.3%
$8.00
-26.7%
+67.0%$1.65B$1.20B4.61885Short Interest ↑
VAL
Valaris
3.1675 of 5 stars
$71.90
+1.6%
$100.00
+39.1%
+25.9%$5.21B$1.78B6.295,985Analyst Forecast
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
1.5006 of 5 stars
$25.81
+0.5%
$27.63
+7.0%
+35.4%$5.27B$1.23B12.59247Analyst Revision
News Coverage
RIG
Transocean
4.1836 of 5 stars
$5.73
+0.9%
$7.70
+34.5%
+1.6%$4.69B$2.83B-11.015,800

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