Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC – Get Free Report) and Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Brookfield Renewable and Crescent Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Brookfield Renewable | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.40 |
| Crescent Energy | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2.58 |
Brookfield Renewable currently has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.15%. Crescent Energy has a consensus target price of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.90%. Given Crescent Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Crescent Energy is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Brookfield Renewable | $3.73 billion | 1.61 | -$2.34 billion | ($0.89) | -46.40 |
| Crescent Energy | $3.58 billion | 1.09 | $132.91 million | $0.52 | 22.79 |
Crescent Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crescent Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Energy has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dividends
Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Crescent Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -176.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crescent Energy pays out 92.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Renewable has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Crescent Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Profitability
This table compares Brookfield Renewable and Crescent Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Brookfield Renewable | -62.07% | -21.54% | -5.01% |
| Crescent Energy | 3.71% | 8.36% | 3.47% |
Summary
Crescent Energy beats Brookfield Renewable on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Brookfield Renewable
Brookfield Renewable Corporation owns and operates a portfolio of renewable power and sustainable solution assets primarily in the United States, Europe, Colombia, and Brazil. It operates hydroelectric, wind, solar, and distributed energy and sustainable solutions with an installed capacity of approximately 19,161 megawatts. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Brookfield Renewable Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Brookfield BRP Holdings (Canada) Inc.
About Crescent Energy
Crescent Energy Company acquires, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) reserves. Its portfolio of assets comprises mid-cycle unconventional and conventional assets in the Eagle Ford and Uinta Basins. It also owns and operates various midstream assets, which provide services to customers. The company is based in Houston, Texas.
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