Clearway Energy (CWEN) Competitors

Venture Global (NYSE:VG) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do analysts rate VG or CWEN?

Venture Global presently has a consensus target price of $17.25, indicating a potential upside of 102.23%. Clearway Energy has a consensus target price of $34.71, indicating a potential upside of 19.77%. Given Venture Global's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Venture Global is more favorable than Clearway Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Venture Global	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Clearway Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VG or CWEN?

84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Venture Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VG or CWEN a better dividend stock?

Venture Global pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. 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.

Is VG or CWEN more profitable?

Clearway Energy has a net margin of 8.94% compared to Venture Global's net margin of 0.00%. Clearway Energy's return on equity of 2.28% beat Venture Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Venture Global	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clearway Energy	8.94%	2.28%	0.84%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VG or CWEN?

Clearway Energy received 120 more outperform votes than Venture Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.47% of users gave Clearway Energy an outperform vote while only 45.83% of users gave Venture Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Venture Global	Outperform Votes 11 45.83%	Underperform Votes 13 54.17%
Clearway Energy	Outperform Votes 131 53.47%	Underperform Votes 114 46.53%

Does the media refer more to VG or CWEN?

In the previous week, Venture Global had 29 more articles in the media than Clearway Energy. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Venture Global and 7 mentions for Clearway Energy. Clearway Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Venture Global's score of 0.05 indicating that Clearway Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Venture Global	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	26 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Clearway Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, VG or CWEN?

Clearway Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Venture Global.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Venture Global	$4.97B	4.15	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clearway Energy	$1.37B	4.27	$79M	$0.75	38.65

Summary

Clearway Energy beats Venture Global on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.