BEPC vs. CWEN, ORA, NEP, AY, RNW, ENLT, CEPU, TDW, VAL, and SUN
Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable include Clearway Energy (CWEN), 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Brookfield Renewable currently has a consensus target price of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.96%. Clearway Energy has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.25%. Given Brookfield Renewable's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable is more favorable than Clearway Energy.
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.
In the previous week, Clearway Energy had 14 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Clearway Energy and 4 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Clearway Energy's score of 0.66 indicating that Brookfield Renewable is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brookfield Renewable has a net margin of 7.10% compared to Clearway Energy's net margin of 5.97%. Brookfield Renewable's return on equity of 2.19% beat Clearway Energy's return on equity.
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, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of Clearway Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Clearway Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -308.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clearway Energy pays out 248.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Brookfield Renewable and Clearway Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BEPC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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