Clearway Energy (CWEN) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CWEN or BEPC?

Clearway Energy presently has a consensus price target of $36.40, indicating a potential upside of 23.26%. Brookfield Renewable has a consensus price target of $33.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.38%. Given Clearway Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.

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

Which has more volatility & risk, CWEN or BEPC?

Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CWEN or BEPC?

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

Is CWEN or BEPC a better dividend stock?

Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Clearway Energy pays out 273.8% 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 pays out -167.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clearway Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Brookfield Renewable has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Clearway Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CWEN or BEPC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clearway Energy	$1.43B	4.17	$88M	$0.65	45.43
Brookfield Renewable	$5.88B	0.83	$236M	-$0.89	-37.69

Is CWEN or BEPC more profitable?

Clearway Energy has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of -26.38%. 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
Clearway Energy	5.31%	1.37%	0.51%
Brookfield Renewable	-26.38%	-10.53%	-2.93%

Does the media favor CWEN or BEPC?

In the previous week, Clearway Energy had 12 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Clearway Energy and 6 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Clearway Energy's score of 0.87 indicating that Brookfield Renewable is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clearway Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield Renewable	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Clearway Energy beats Brookfield Renewable on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.