Reviewing Ener-Core (OTCMKTS:ENCR) & Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN)

Ener-Core (OTCMKTS:ENCR) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Ener-Core and Clearway Energy”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ener-Core	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clearway Energy	$1.43 billion	4.56	$88.00 million	$0.65	49.71

Clearway Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Ener-Core.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Ener-Core and Clearway Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ener-Core	0	0	0	0	0.00
Clearway Energy	0	3	4	0	2.57

Clearway Energy has a consensus target price of $36.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.45%. Given Clearway Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than Ener-Core.

Profitability

This table compares Ener-Core and Clearway Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ener-Core	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clearway Energy	5.31%	1.37%	0.51%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Ener-Core shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Clearway Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Clearway Energy beats Ener-Core on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ener-Core

Ener-Core, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, license, and market its products that are based on Power Oxidizer technologies. The company's Power Oxidizer technology generates industrial levels of usable heat in a pressure vessel using various organic gases as fuel for an oxidation reaction. Its products include Ener-Core PowerStation EC250 and Ener-Core Powerstation KG2-3GEF/PO, which have applications in landfills, distilleries, and various industrial processes. The company sells its products directly, as well as through distributors in the United States and the Netherlands. Ener-Core, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

About Clearway Energy

Clearway Energy, Inc. operates in the renewable energy business in the United States. The company operates through Conventional and Renewables segments. It has approximately 6,000 net MW of installed wind, solar, and energy generation projects; and approximately 2,500 net MW of natural gas-fired generation facilities. The company was formerly known as NRG Yield, Inc. and changed its name to Clearway Energy, Inc. in August 2018. Clearway Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey. Clearway Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Clearway Energy Group LLC.