CWEN Stock Analysis: Clearway Energy C | NYSE
Utilities - Renewable | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 8.102m USD | 12M Return: 23.4% | US18539C2044 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 38.3M
EPS Trend: -14.0%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: 85.8%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.2 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Clearway Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CWEN) is a U.S. clean energy generation company operating through two segments: Flexible Generation and Renewables & Storage. Its portfolio spans approximately 12.9 GW of gross capacity across 27 states, consisting of roughly 10.1 GW of wind, solar, and battery energy storage systems, alongside about 2.8 GW of dispatchable combustion-based assets that provide critical grid reliability services.
As an independent power producer in the Utilities sector, the company generates and sells electricity primarily through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) and wholesale markets, rather than serving retail customers like vertically integrated regulated utilities. This contracted structure is typical of yield-oriented power producers and is designed to produce relatively predictable cash flows.
The company was incorporated in 2012 and IPOd in 2013 under the name NRG Yield, Inc., before rebranding as Clearway Energy in August 2018. It is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, and operates as a subsidiary of Clearway Energy Group LLC.
- IRA tax credits boost renewables project returns
- Rising interest rates pressure dividend coverage ratios
- PJM capacity auction prices lift Flexible Generation revenue
| Net Income: 91.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.04 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 0.50 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 11.56% < 20% (prev 24.65%; Δ -13.09% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.06 > 3% & CFO 1.02b > Net Income 91.0m |
| Net Debt (10.5b) to EBITDA (1.03b): 10.15 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.21 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (11.0m) vs 12m ago -90.68% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 23.00% > 18% (prev 64.32%; Δ -41.32% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 9.60% > 50% (prev 8.93%; Δ 0.66% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 0.37 > 6 (EBIT TTM 145.0m / Interest Expense TTM 394.0m) |
| A: 0.01 (Total Current Assets 1.06b - Total Current Liabilities 880.0m) / Total Assets 16.8b |
| B: 0.01 (Retained Earnings 111.0m / Total Assets 16.8b) |
| C: 0.01 (EBIT TTM 145.0m / Avg Total Assets 16.4b) |
| D: 0.49 (Book Value of Equity 5.47b / Total Liabilities 11.2b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 0.67 = B |
| DSRI: 1.16 (Receivables 296.0m/233.0m, Revenue 1.57b/1.43b) |
| GMI: 2.80 (GM 64.32% / 23.00%) |
| AQI: 1.09 (AQ_t 0.19 / AQ_t-1 0.18) |
| SGI: 1.10 (Revenue 1.57b / 1.43b) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI 91.0m - CFO 1.02b) / TA 16.8b) |
| Beneish M = -1.15 (Cap -4..+1) = D |
As of August 13, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 34.38 with a total of 974,637 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +10.26%, over one month by +3.59%, over three months by -8.39% and over the past year by +23.35%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 31.40 (which is 8.7% or 2.5 ATR below the current price).
Clearway Energy C has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.60. Therefore, it is recommended to buy CWEN.
- StrongBuy: 3
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 43.7 | 27% |
P/E Trailing = 298.6364
P/E Forward = 217.3913
P/S = 5.4559
P/B = 2.8037
P/EG = 3.4097
Revenue TTM = 1.57b USD
EBIT TTM = 145.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = 1.03b USD
Long Term Debt = 7.90b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 570.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 10.7b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 826.0m
Net Debt = 10.5b USD (calculated: Debt 10.7b - CCE 251.0m)
Enterprise Value = 18.6b USD (8.10b + Debt 10.7b - CCE 251.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.37 (Ebit TTM 145.0m / Interest Expense TTM 394.0m)
EV/FCF = 27.67x (Enterprise Value 18.6b / FCF TTM 671.0m)
FCF Yield = 3.61% (FCF TTM 671.0m / Enterprise Value 18.6b)
FCF Margin = 42.63% (FCF TTM 671.0m / Revenue TTM 1.57b)
Net Margin = 5.78% (Net Income TTM 91.0m / Revenue TTM 1.57b)
Gross Margin = 23.00% ((Revenue TTM 1.57b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.21b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = none% (prev 62.15%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.11 (Enterprise Value 18.6b / Total Assets 16.8b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.68% (Interest Expense 394.0m / Debt 10.7b)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = 114.5m (EBIT 145.0m * (1 - 21.00%))
Current Ratio = 1.21 (Total Current Assets 1.06b / Total Current Liabilities 880.0m)
Debt / Equity = 1.96 (Debt 10.7b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 5.47b)
Debt / EBITDA = 10.15 (Net Debt 10.5b / EBITDA 1.03b)
Debt / FCF = 15.60 (Net Debt 10.5b / FCF TTM 671.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 4.65b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 0.55% (Net Income 91.0m / Total Assets 16.8b)
RoE = 1.96% (Net Income TTM 91.0m / Total Stockholder Equity 4.65b)
RoCE = 1.16% (EBIT 145.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 4.65b + L.T.Debt 7.90b))
RoIC = 0.70% (NOPAT 114.5m / Invested Capital 16.4b)
WACC = 4.46% (E(8.10b)/V(18.8b) * Re(6.52%) + D(10.7b)/V(18.8b) * Rd(3.68%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 6.52% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -50.54 | Cagr: -65.03%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈627.4m ; Y1≈719.2m ; Y5≈1.06b
[DCF] Fair Price = 45.09 (EV 15.9b - Net Debt 10.5b = Equity 5.46b / Shares 121.2m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -14.00 | EPS CAGR: -8.87% | SUE: 0.87 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: 85.79 | Revenue CAGR: 6.20% | SUE: 0.21 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.58 | Chg30d=-45.31% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=-0.71 | Chg30d=-212.40% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=-130.4% | GrowthRev=+20.4%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=2.74 | Chg30d=+97.31% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+484.5% | GrowthRev=+10.8%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -17% (up=1, down=2)