Clearway Energy (CWEN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Clearway Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" CWEN shares.
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6 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Clearway Energy's stock. Their CWEN share price targets range from $25.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $28.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.0% from the stock's current price.
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Clearway Energy's stock was trading at $27.43 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, CWEN stock has decreased by 18.0% and is now trading at $22.4950.
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Clearway Energy saw a decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,220,000 shares, a decrease of 20.7% from the February 29th total of 2,800,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 869,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 2.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 9th 2024.
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Clearway Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 9th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Clearway Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CWEN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 22nd. The company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.16 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $249 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $282.45 million. Clearway Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.80% and a net margin of 6.01%. Clearway Energy's revenue was down 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.10 EPS.

Clearway Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 14th. Investors of record on Friday, March 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.403 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $1.61 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 29th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40.
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Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) pays an annual dividend of $1.61 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 7.07%. CWEN has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 236.76%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, CWEN will have a dividend payout ratio of 171.28% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Clearway Energy's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.09%), Fulton Bank N.A. (0.01%) and Mather Group LLC. (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher S Sotos, E Stanley Oneal, Infrastructure Investor Global and Se Totalenergies.
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Shares of CWEN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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