Clearway Energy (CWEN) Competitors

Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WES or CWEN?

Western Midstream Partners received 465 more outperform votes than Clearway Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 53.75% of users gave Clearway Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Midstream Partners	Outperform Votes 594 68.59%	Underperform Votes 272 31.41%
Clearway Energy	Outperform Votes 129 53.75%	Underperform Votes 111 46.25%

Is WES or CWEN more profitable?

Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.99% compared to Clearway Energy's net margin of 8.94%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 46.02% beat Clearway Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Midstream Partners	42.99%	46.02%	12.18%
Clearway Energy	8.94%	2.28%	0.84%

Do analysts recommend WES or CWEN?

Western Midstream Partners presently has a consensus target price of $37.88, suggesting a potential downside of 8.73%. Clearway Energy has a consensus target price of $32.57, suggesting a potential upside of 23.41%. Given Clearway Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than Western Midstream Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Western Midstream Partners	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90
Clearway Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Is WES or CWEN a better dividend stock?

Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Western Midstream Partners pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Western Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WES or CWEN?

84.8% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer WES or CWEN?

In the previous week, Western Midstream Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Clearway Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Western Midstream Partners and 3 mentions for Clearway Energy. Clearway Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Western Midstream Partners' score of 0.88 indicating that Clearway Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Western Midstream Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Clearway Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, WES or CWEN?

Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.9, suggesting that its share price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WES or CWEN?

Western Midstream Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Clearway Energy. Western Midstream Partners 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
Western Midstream Partners	$3.11B	5.08	$1.02B	$3.92	10.59
Clearway Energy	$1.31B	4.06	$79M	$1.04	25.38

Summary

Western Midstream Partners beats Clearway Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.