Kenon (KEN) Competitors

Kenon (NYSE:KEN) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Which has more volatility and risk, KEN or CWEN?

Kenon has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, KEN or CWEN?

Clearway Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Kenon. Kenon 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
Kenon	$751.30M	2.13	-$235.98M	$3.20	9.60
Clearway Energy	$1.37B	4.23	$79M	$0.75	38.27

Is KEN or CWEN more profitable?

Kenon has a net margin of 22.88% compared to Clearway Energy's net margin of 8.94%. Kenon's return on equity of 2.93% beat Clearway Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kenon	22.88%	2.93%	1.45%
Clearway Energy	8.94%	2.28%	0.84%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KEN or CWEN?

13.4% of Kenon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Kenon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KEN or CWEN a better dividend stock?

Kenon pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Kenon pays out 150.0% 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 pays out 229.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kenon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KEN or CWEN?

Clearway Energy received 33 more outperform votes than Kenon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.98% of users gave Kenon an outperform vote while only 53.47% of users gave Clearway Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kenon	Outperform Votes 98 56.98%	Underperform Votes 74 43.02%
Clearway Energy	Outperform Votes 131 53.47%	Underperform Votes 114 46.53%

Does the media refer more to KEN or CWEN?

In the previous week, Kenon had 4 more articles in the media than Clearway Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kenon and 2 mentions for Clearway Energy. Kenon's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Clearway Energy's score of 1.17 indicating that Kenon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kenon	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Clearway Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate KEN or CWEN?

Clearway Energy has a consensus price target of $34.71, suggesting a potential upside of 20.96%. Given Clearway Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than Kenon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kenon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Clearway Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Kenon and Clearway Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.