Head-To-Head Survey: Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) versus Altus Power (NYSE:AMPS)

Altus Power (NYSE:AMPS – Get Rating) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN – Get Rating) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Altus Power and Clearway Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Altus Power	0	0	6	0	3.00
Clearway Energy	0	2	3	0	2.60

Altus Power currently has a consensus target price of $10.67, suggesting a potential upside of 126.47%. Clearway Energy has a consensus target price of $37.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.83%. Given Altus Power’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Altus Power is more favorable than Clearway Energy.

Risk & Volatility

Altus Power has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Altus Power and Clearway Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Altus Power	0.57%	-0.86%	-0.28%
Clearway Energy	48.58%	-9.85%	-3.23%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

43.7% of Altus Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.6% of Altus Power shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Altus Power and Clearway Energy’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Altus Power	$101.16 million	7.45	$55.44 million	($0.02)	-235.38
Clearway Energy	$1.19 billion	5.09	$582.00 million	$5.27	5.69

Clearway Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Altus Power. Altus Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearway Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

About Altus Power

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Altus Power, Inc., a clean electrification company, originates, develops, owns, and operates roof, ground, and carport-based photovoltaic solar energy generation and storage systems. The company serves commercial, industrial, public sector, and community solar customers. Altus Power, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

About Clearway Energy

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Clearway Energy, Inc. engages in the ownership of contracted renewable and conventional generation facilities and thermal infrastructure assets. It operates through the following segments: Conventional Generation, Thermal, Renewable, and Corporate. The Renewable segment include solar and wind business. The Corporate segment consists company’s corporate costs and include eliminating entries. The company was founded on December 20, 2012 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.