CWEN vs. BEPC, CWEN.A, FTS, KEP, EBR, EVRG, LNT, WES, SBS, and TLN
Should you be buying Clearway Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearway Energy include Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Clearway Energy (CWEN.A), Fortis (FTS), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR), Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS), and Talen Energy (TLN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Clearway Energy vs. Its Competitors
Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.
Brookfield Renewable has higher revenue and earnings than Clearway Energy. 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.
75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Clearway Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Brookfield Renewable presently has a consensus target price of $31.67, suggesting a potential downside of 9.09%. Clearway Energy has a consensus target price of $35.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.52%. Given Clearway Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.
Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -167.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clearway Energy pays out 218.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Renewable has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Clearway Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Clearway Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable had 6 more articles in the media than Clearway Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Brookfield Renewable and 4 mentions for Clearway Energy. Brookfield Renewable's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Clearway Energy's score of 0.88 indicating that Brookfield Renewable is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clearway Energy has a net margin of 6.69% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of 1.06%. Clearway Energy's return on equity of 1.68% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.
Summary
Clearway Energy beats Brookfield Renewable on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CWEN) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
