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, UTL, ARRY, NEE, SO, DUK, ETR, PPL, FE, and EIXShould you be buying Cleco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cleco include Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Unitil (UTL), Array Technologies (ARRY), NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), Duke Energy (DUK), Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), and Edison International (EIX). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry. Cleco vs. Hawaiian Electric Industries Unitil Array Technologies NextEra Energy Southern Duke Energy Entergy PPL FirstEnergy Edison International Cleco (NYSE:CNL) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (NYSE:HE) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation. Do insiders and institutionals believe in CNL or HE? 59.9% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Cleco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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 48.46% of users gave Hawaiian Electric Industries an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformClecoOutperform Votes11760.94% Underperform Votes7539.06% Hawaiian Electric IndustriesOutperform Votes36348.46% Underperform Votes38651.54% Which has better valuation & earnings, 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-$0.34-27.84Hawaiian Electric Industries$3.22B0.55$201.13M-$12.67-0.81 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 prefer CNL or HE? In the previous week, Hawaiian Electric Industries had 14 more articles in the media than Cleco. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hawaiian Electric Industries and 0 mentions for Cleco. Hawaiian Electric Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.39 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 Do analysts rate CNL or HE? Cleco currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.48%. Hawaiian Electric Industries has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.42%. Given Hawaiian Electric Industries' higher possible 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 {thisCompany.Symbol} 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$4.59B$3.06B$19.23BDividend YieldN/A2.05%5.19%4.01%P/E Ratio-27.8424.7475.6333.50Price / SalesN/A9.7324,471,334,580,813,900.0029.16Price / CashN/A21.1124.4017.52Price / BookN/A3.135.204.55Net Income-$19.13M$36.57M$155.71M$1.02B Cleco Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CNLCleco0.2394 of 5 stars$9.47+113.5%$8.00-15.5%N/A$462.99MN/A-27.84N/AHEHawaiian Electric Industries2.6798 of 5 stars$10.20+1.4%$12.00+17.6%-2.1%$1.76B$3.22B-0.863,760Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsUTLUnitil2.9319 of 5 stars$58.86+0.9%$55.00-6.6%+12.1%$956.24M$494.80M20.09520Upcoming EarningsDividend AnnouncementARRYArray Technologies3.2834 of 5 stars$5.29+5.4%$9.48+79.1%-62.7%$806.79M$915.81M-5.45470Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNEENextEra Energy4.7684 of 5 stars$66.17+0.1%$84.08+27.1%-4.4%$136.22B$25.27B19.6415,300Positive NewsSOSouthern3.8417 of 5 stars$90.77+0.4%$92.54+1.9%+20.1%$99.86B$26.72B22.6427,700Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastPositive NewsDUKDuke Energy4.2921 of 5 stars$120.66+0.7%$123.87+2.7%+21.3%$93.76B$30.36B21.1327,900Upcoming EarningsDividend AnnouncementPositive NewsETREntergy4.2223 of 5 stars$85.10+0.6%$85.25+0.2%+56.3%$36.66B$11.88B34.9511,700Earnings ReportEx-DividendShort Interest ↓Positive NewsPPLPPL3.8298 of 5 stars$36.50+1.6%$35.70-2.2%+28.8%$26.98B$8.46B30.176,530Earnings ReportFEFirstEnergy3.6332 of 5 stars$42.76+1.0%$45.85+7.2%+10.0%$24.66B$13.47B27.5912,300Positive NewsEIXEdison International4.9933 of 5 stars$58.35+0.7%$76.75+31.5%-24.1%$22.47B$17.60B17.1113,000Earnings ReportPositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Hawaiian Electric Industries Alternatives Unitil Alternatives Array Technologies Alternatives NextEra Energy Alternatives Southern Alternatives Duke Energy Alternatives Entergy Alternatives PPL Alternatives FirstEnergy Alternatives Edison International 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 5/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWarning: “DOGE Collapse” imminentElon Strikes Back You may already sense that the tide is turning against Elon Musk and DOGE. 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