Brookfield Renewable vs Clearway Energy
BEPC and CWEN side by side, both in electric services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BEPC and CWEN compare
Clearway Energy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.9% versus −10.0% for Brookfield Renewable).
Clearway Energy keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 6.4% compared with −62.9% at Brookfield Renewable.
Clearway Energy pays a dividend yielding 5.8%; Brookfield Renewable does not pay one.
Clearway Energy scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 0 for Brookfield Renewable), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BEPC | CWEN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $6.6B |
| Share price | $29.15 | $32.03 |
| Change, 1 year | −31.7% | 0.60% |
| Change, 5 years | −29.6% | −14.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.74 | 0.55 |
| Employees | 614 | 60 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 0 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | – | 4.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 20.1× |
| P/FCF | – | 9.8× |
| FCF yield | – | 10.2% |
| Fair value | – | $30.34 |
| Margin of safety | – | −5.6% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −10.0% | 9.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 3.8% (better) | 3.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −1093% | 53.0% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 64.4% |
| Operating margin | – | 13.4% |
| Net margin | −62.9% | 6.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | −17.1% | 42.6% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 9.32 |
| Interest coverage | – | 0.5× |
| Current ratio | 0.40 | 1.21 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 0.51 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 5.8% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 5.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 75.8% | 51.2% |
| Held by insiders | 30.9% | 83.1% |
| Short interest, % of float | 13.8% | 22.0% |
Go deeper
- BEPC stock overview
- BEPC income statement
- BEPC valuation and score
- CWEN stock overview
- CWEN income statement
- CWEN valuation and score
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