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CWEN vs. BEPC, CWEN.A, EBR, TLN, KEP, LNT, EVRG, SBS, WES, and WTRG

Should you be buying Clearway Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearway Energy include Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Clearway Energy (CWEN.A), Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR), Talen Energy (TLN), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS), Western Midstream Partners (WES), and Essential Utilities (WTRG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Clearway Energy vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable had 11 more articles in the media than Clearway Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Brookfield Renewable and 1 mentions for Clearway Energy. Brookfield Renewable's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Clearway Energy's score of 0.91 indicating that Brookfield Renewable is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Renewable
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Clearway Energy
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 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 $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.54%. Clearway Energy has a consensus price target of $36.40, indicating a potential upside of 26.96%. Given Clearway Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brookfield Renewable
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Clearway Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Brookfield Renewable has higher revenue and earnings than Clearway Energy. 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$5.88B0.81$236M-$0.89-36.91
Clearway Energy$1.37B4.23$88M$0.6544.11

Clearway Energy has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of -26.59%. Clearway Energy's return on equity of 1.37% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brookfield Renewable-26.59% -10.23% -2.84%
Clearway Energy 5.31%1.37%0.51%

75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Clearway Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -167.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clearway Energy pays out 269.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Renewable has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Clearway Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Clearway Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Clearway Energy beats Brookfield Renewable on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CWEN vs. The Competition

MetricClearway EnergyOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.79B$9.53B$7.65B$21.09B
Dividend Yield5.88%4.45%10.75%3.50%
P/E Ratio44.0961.9967.0728.99
Price / Sales4.2349.40552.3048.46
Price / Cash6.6122.2435.4118.29
Price / Book1.053.714.085.29
Net Income$88M$277.28M$4.27B$997.87M
7 Day Performance-3.62%-1.33%2.69%-0.83%
1 Month Performance-11.59%4.17%6.45%6.12%
1 Year Performance2.10%63.68%15.65%13.47%

Clearway Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CWEN
Clearway Energy
3.7195 of 5 stars
$28.75
+0.3%
$36.40
+26.6%
-1.1%$5.81B$1.37B44.2260
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
3.6598 of 5 stars
$33.70
-2.1%
$35.00
+3.9%
+16.2%$4.88B$3.89B-37.871,890News Coverage
Positive News
CWEN.A
Clearway Energy
N/A$28.19
-0.3%
N/A+0.9%$0.00N/A0.0060Positive News
EBR
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras
2.3198 of 5 stars
$8.26
+0.9%
N/A+10.4%$18.58B$7.45B15.887,710Positive News
High Trading Volume
TLN
Talen Energy
1.4201 of 5 stars
$378.92
-2.4%
$316.00
-16.6%
+200.1%$17.31B$2.13B107.341,894News Coverage
Positive News
KEP
Korea Electric Power
2.1639 of 5 stars
$13.19
-2.3%
N/A+63.5%$16.93B$68.46B4.5248,440News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
LNT
Alliant Energy
3.8907 of 5 stars
$65.07
+0.1%
$65.50
+0.7%
+11.0%$16.72B$4.14B20.082,998Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
EVRG
Evergy
3.3341 of 5 stars
$71.26
+0.1%
$74.44
+4.5%
+20.5%$16.40B$5.88B19.584,731Positive News
Analyst Revision
SBS
Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp
2.3709 of 5 stars
$22.60
+0.8%
N/A+31.9%$15.45B$6.70B7.8210,552Positive News
WES
Western Midstream Partners
1.382 of 5 stars
$39.18
+1.5%
$39.60
+1.1%
+0.8%$14.94B$3.61B12.061,511Short Interest ↑
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.8649 of 5 stars
$39.55
-0.3%
$44.50
+12.5%
-0.5%$11.09B$2.34B16.973,291Positive News
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