Clearway Energy (CWEN) Competitors

Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.

Is CWEN or LNT more profitable?

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 16.66% compared to Clearway Energy's net margin of 8.94%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 10.56% beat Clearway Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clearway Energy	8.94%	2.28%	0.84%
Alliant Energy	16.66%	10.56%	3.31%

Is CWEN or LNT a better dividend stock?

Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Clearway Energy pays out 163.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliant Energy pays out 78.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliant Energy has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

Does the media favor CWEN or LNT?

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Clearway Energy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Alliant Energy and 11 mentions for Clearway Energy. Clearway Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Alliant Energy's score of 1.20 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alliant Energy	13 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CWEN or LNT?

Clearway Energy received 99 more outperform votes than Alliant Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.53% of users gave Clearway Energy an outperform vote while only 36.14% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clearway Energy	Outperform Votes 129 53.53%	Underperform Votes 112 46.47%
Alliant Energy	Outperform Votes 30 36.14%	Underperform Votes 53 63.86%

Do analysts rate CWEN or LNT?

Clearway Energy presently has a consensus price target of $32.57, suggesting a potential upside of 18.78%. Alliant Energy has a consensus price target of $63.39, suggesting a potential upside of 0.92%. Given Clearway Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clearway Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Alliant Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk and volatility, CWEN or LNT?

Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CWEN or LNT?

Alliant Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Clearway Energy. Alliant Energy 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	$1.31B	4.22	$79M	$1.04	26.37
Alliant Energy	$3.97B	4.06	$703M	$2.58	24.34

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

84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Clearway Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Clearway Energy beats Alliant Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.