CWEN vs. FTS, EBR, LNT, EVRG, WES, KEP, SBS, TLN, DTM, and WTRG
Should you be buying Clearway Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearway Energy include Fortis (FTS), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Talen Energy (TLN), DT Midstream (DTM), and Essential Utilities (WTRG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Clearway Energy vs. Its Competitors
Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) and Fortis (NYSE:FTS) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Fortis has a net margin of 14.12% compared to Clearway Energy's net margin of 8.94%. Fortis' return on equity of 7.09% beat Clearway Energy's return on equity.
Clearway Energy presently has a consensus price target of $35.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.68%. Fortis has a consensus price target of $72.00, indicating a potential upside of 51.94%. Given Fortis' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fortis is more favorable than Clearway Energy.
Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortis has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fortis had 7 more articles in the media than Clearway Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Fortis and 5 mentions for Clearway Energy. Clearway Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Fortis' score of 0.66 indicating that Clearway Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Clearway Energy pays out 218.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fortis pays out 75.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Clearway Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Fortis has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of Fortis shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Clearway Energy shares are owned 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.
Fortis received 148 more outperform votes than Clearway Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.25% of users gave Clearway Energy an outperform vote while only 52.35% of users gave Fortis an outperform vote.
Fortis has higher revenue and earnings than Clearway Energy. Fortis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearway Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fortis beats Clearway Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CWEN) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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