Clearway Energy (CWEN) Competitors

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

Is CWEN or FTS a better dividend stock?

Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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. Fortis pays out 72.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CWEN or FTS?

Fortis received 148 more outperform votes than Clearway Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.47% of users gave Clearway Energy an outperform vote while only 52.54% of users gave Fortis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clearway Energy	Outperform Votes 131 53.47%	Underperform Votes 114 46.53%
Fortis	Outperform Votes 279 52.54%	Underperform Votes 252 47.46%

Is CWEN or FTS more profitable?

Fortis has a net margin of 14.12% compared to Clearway Energy's net margin of 8.94%. Fortis' return on equity of 7.09% beat Clearway Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clearway Energy	8.94%	2.28%	0.84%
Fortis	14.12%	7.09%	2.34%

Do analysts recommend CWEN or FTS?

Clearway Energy currently has a consensus target price of $34.71, indicating a potential upside of 13.89%. Given Clearway Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than Fortis.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clearway Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Fortis	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Does the media prefer CWEN or FTS?

In the previous week, Fortis had 3 more articles in the media than Clearway Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Fortis and 5 mentions for Clearway Energy. Clearway Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Fortis' score of 1.02 indicating that Clearway Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clearway Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fortis	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of Fortis shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, CWEN or FTS?

Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortis has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CWEN or FTS?

Fortis has higher revenue and earnings than Clearway Energy. Fortis 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
Clearway Energy	$1.37B	4.49	$79M	$0.75	40.64
Fortis	$11.51B	1.93	$1.17B	$2.36	18.83

Summary

Clearway Energy beats Fortis on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.