CWEN vs. BEPC, ORA, NEP, AY, RNW, ENLT, CEPU, TDW, VAL, and SUN
Should you be buying Clearway Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearway Energy include Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Ormat Technologies (ORA), NextEra Energy Partners (NEP), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), ReNew Energy Global (RNW), Enlight Renewable Energy (ENLT), Central Puerto (CEPU), Tidewater (TDW), Valaris (VAL), and Sunoco (SUN). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Clearway Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Renewable. 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.
Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -308.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clearway Energy pays out 243.9% 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 4 consecutive years. Clearway Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Brookfield Renewable has a net margin of 7.10% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of 5.97%. Clearway Energy's return on equity of 2.19% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.
In the previous week, Clearway Energy had 17 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Clearway Energy and 4 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Clearway Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Brookfield Renewable's score of 0.91 indicating that Brookfield Renewable is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clearway Energy received 112 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.35% of users gave Clearway Energy an outperform vote while only 54.17% of users gave Brookfield Renewable an outperform vote.
Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookfield Renewable presently has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.15%. Clearway Energy has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.49%. Given Clearway Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Brookfield Renewable is more favorable than Clearway Energy.
Summary
Clearway Energy beats Brookfield Renewable on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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