Centuri (CTRI) Competitors

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

Is CTRI or CWEN more profitable?

Clearway Energy has a net margin of 8.94% compared to Centuri's net margin of -8.90%. Clearway Energy's return on equity of 2.28% beat Centuri's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centuri	-8.90%	-55.33%	-9.48%
Clearway Energy	8.94%	2.28%	0.84%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CTRI or CWEN?

84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by company 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.

Do analysts recommend CTRI or CWEN?

Centuri presently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.31%. Clearway Energy has a consensus price target of $34.17, indicating a potential upside of 25.38%. Given Clearway Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than Centuri.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centuri	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Clearway Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CTRI or CWEN?

Clearway Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Centuri. Centuri 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
Centuri	$2.64B	0.54	-$186.18M	-$241.84	-0.07
Clearway Energy	$1.37B	4.02	$79M	$0.75	36.33

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CTRI or CWEN?

Clearway Energy received 122 more outperform votes than Centuri when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.50% of users gave Clearway Energy an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Centuri an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Centuri	Outperform Votes 8 42.11%	Underperform Votes 11 57.89%
Clearway Energy	Outperform Votes 130 53.50%	Underperform Votes 113 46.50%

Does the media prefer CTRI or CWEN?

In the previous week, Clearway Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Centuri. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Clearway Energy and 14 mentions for Centuri. Clearway Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Centuri's score of 0.22 indicating that Clearway Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Centuri	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Clearway Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Clearway Energy beats Centuri on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.