Clearway Energy (CWEN) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Clearway Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CWEN shares.
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4 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Clearway Energy's shares. Their CWEN share price forecasts range from $35.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $37.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 31.4% from the stock's current price.
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Clearway Energy's stock was trading at $31.87 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, CWEN stock has decreased by 9.9% and is now trading at $28.73.
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Clearway Energy saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,960,000 shares, a decrease of 10.1% from the April 30th total of 2,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 846,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 2.4% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 1st 2023.
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Clearway Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CWEN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 4th. The company reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.70 by $0.52. The company earned $351 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $439.19 million. Clearway Energy had a net margin of 48.58% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.85%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.31 earnings per share.

Clearway Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.382 per share on Thursday, June 15th. This represents a $1.53 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.32%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 31st. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.38.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) stock in their portfolio include Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), BNY Mellon Global Infrastructure Income ETF (BKGI), Virtus Duff & Phelps Clean Energy ETF (VCLN), ClearBridge Sustainable Infrastructure ETF (INFR), ALPS Clean Energy ETF (ACES), Global SuperDividend US ETF (DIV), Fidelity Clean Energy ETF (FRNW) and Invesco DWA Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI).

Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.13%. CWEN has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 28.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, CWEN will have a dividend payout ratio of 89.82% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Clearway Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CWEN."

Clearway Energy's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. (1.39%), 1832 Asset Management L.P. (1.15%), HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC (0.59%), Brookfield Corp ON (0.48%), ClearBridge Investments Ltd (0.33%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.30%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher S Sotos, E Stanley Oneal and Infrastructure Investor Global.
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Shares of CWEN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CWEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.73.

Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) has a market capitalization of $5.81 billion and generates $1.19 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $582 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.27 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 304 workers across the globe.

Clearway Energy's mailing address is 300 CARNEGIE CENTER SUITE 300, PRINCETON NJ, 08540. The official website for the company is www.clearwayenergy.com. The company can be reached via phone at (609) 608-1525 or via email at investor.relations@clearwayenergy.com.