This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Cleco (CNL) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsCompetitorsHeadlinesOwnershipTrendsBuy This Stock CNL vs. HE, ARRY, UTL, NEE, SO, DUK, ETR, PPL, ES, and FEShould you be buying Cleco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cleco include Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Array Technologies (ARRY), Unitil (UTL), NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), Duke Energy (DUK), Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), and FirstEnergy (FE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry. Cleco vs. Its Competitors Hawaiian Electric Industries Array Technologies Unitil NextEra Energy Southern Duke Energy Entergy PPL Eversource Energy FirstEnergy Cleco (NYSE:CNL) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (NYSE:HE) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations. Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNL or HE? Hawaiian Electric Industries received 246 more outperform votes than Cleco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.94% of users gave Cleco an outperform vote while only 48.34% of users gave Hawaiian Electric Industries an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformClecoOutperform Votes11760.94% Underperform Votes7539.06% Hawaiian Electric IndustriesOutperform Votes36348.34% Underperform Votes38851.66% Is CNL or HE more profitable? Cleco has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Hawaiian Electric Industries' net margin of -35.38%. Hawaiian Electric Industries' return on equity of 11.12% beat Cleco's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets ClecoN/A -129.04% -104.12% Hawaiian Electric Industries -35.38%11.12%1.19% Does the media refer more to CNL or HE? In the previous week, Hawaiian Electric Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Cleco. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hawaiian Electric Industries and 0 mentions for Cleco. Hawaiian Electric Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Cleco's score of 0.00 indicating that Hawaiian Electric Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Cleco Neutral Hawaiian Electric Industries Positive Which has higher earnings and valuation, CNL or HE? Hawaiian Electric Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Cleco. Cleco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawaiian Electric Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioClecoN/AN/A-$19.13M-$0.34-29.91Hawaiian Electric Industries$3.17B0.56$201.13M-$12.90-0.80 Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CNL or HE? 59.9% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Cleco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts rate CNL or HE? Cleco presently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 21.34%. Hawaiian Electric Industries has a consensus target price of $12.19, suggesting a potential upside of 17.65%. Given Hawaiian Electric Industries' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hawaiian Electric Industries is more favorable than Cleco.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Cleco 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.33Hawaiian Electric Industries 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.25 SummaryHawaiian Electric Industries beats Cleco on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Cleco News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CNL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CNL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart CNL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricClecoGold & silver ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$462.99M$4.89B$3.20B$19.75BDividend YieldN/A1.82%5.03%3.79%P/E Ratio-29.6629.3564.6035.23Price / SalesN/A12.6226,914,679,906,558,600.0043.75Price / CashN/A21.4524.2617.51Price / BookN/A3.645.394.83Net Income-$19.13M$8.61M$155.18M$1.02B Cleco Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CNLCleco0.2026 of 5 stars$10.17+129.4%$8.00-21.3%N/A$462.99MN/A-29.66N/AHEHawaiian Electric Industries2.6187 of 5 stars$10.43-0.3%$12.19+16.9%+7.4%$1.80B$3.17B-0.883,760ARRYArray Technologies3.5482 of 5 stars$7.49-0.1%$9.18+22.5%-35.9%$1.14B$1.06B-7.72470Positive NewsGap UpUTLUnitil2.4281 of 5 stars$53.05+0.2%$55.00+3.7%+5.7%$862.10M$486.90M18.11520Positive NewsNEENextEra Energy4.9071 of 5 stars$71.91-0.3%$83.50+16.1%+2.2%$148.04B$25.27B21.3415,300Positive NewsSOSouthern4.254 of 5 stars$88.51+0.3%$92.64+4.7%+14.7%$97.27B$27.85B22.0727,700Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastDUKDuke Energy4.6001 of 5 stars$115.47+0.2%$125.81+9.0%+14.1%$89.75B$30.94B20.2227,900Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastETREntergy4.1632 of 5 stars$82.79+0.8%$86.04+3.9%+53.2%$35.66B$11.93B34.0011,700Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastPPLPPL2.758 of 5 stars$33.93-0.3%$36.90+8.8%+20.5%$25.08B$8.66B28.046,530ESEversource Energy3.4807 of 5 stars$65.64+0.2%$65.78+0.2%+10.4%$24.12B$12.69B28.429,630Positive NewsFEFirstEnergy4.3548 of 5 stars$39.79-2.1%$46.00+15.6%+4.0%$22.97B$13.95B25.6712,300Analyst RevisionHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Hawaiian Electric Industries Alternatives Array Technologies Alternatives Unitil Alternatives NextEra Energy Alternatives Southern Alternatives Duke Energy Alternatives Entergy Alternatives PPL Alternatives Eversource Energy Alternatives FirstEnergy Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:CNL) was last updated on 6/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhen This Happens, You Don’t Wait. 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