CWEN vs. PPL, ES, FTS, CNP, NRG, EBR, AGR, PNW, BEP, and OGE
Should you be buying Clearway Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearway Energy include PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), Fortis (FTS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), NRG Energy (NRG), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Avangrid (AGR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), and OGE Energy (OGE). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
PPL (NYSE:PPL) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
PPL has higher revenue and earnings than Clearway Energy. PPL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearway Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PPL has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PPL has a net margin of 9.29% compared to PPL's net margin of 5.97%. Clearway Energy's return on equity of 8.80% beat PPL's return on equity.
PPL currently has a consensus target price of $32.45, indicating a potential upside of 13.64%. Clearway Energy has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.42%. Given Clearway Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe PPL is more favorable than Clearway Energy.
PPL pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. PPL pays out 100.0% 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 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. PPL has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Clearway Energy has increased 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.
PPL received 452 more outperform votes than Clearway Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.55% of users gave PPL an outperform vote while only 54.35% of users gave Clearway Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PPL had 8 more articles in the media than Clearway Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for PPL and 2 mentions for Clearway Energy. PPL's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Clearway Energy's score of 0.55 indicating that Clearway Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.0% of PPL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of PPL shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
PPL beats Clearway Energy on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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