Roth Capital Predicts Stronger Earnings for Clearway Energy

Clearway Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CWEN) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital increased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Clearway Energy in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 25th. Roth Capital analyst J. Clare now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.52 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.50. The consensus estimate for Clearway Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Clearway Energy’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.51 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.66 EPS.

Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 24th. The company reported $0.03 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.13 by ($0.10). The firm had revenue of $256.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $299.73 million. Clearway Energy had a net margin of 8.94% and a return on equity of 2.28%.

Several other research firms also recently commented on CWEN. Roth Mkm reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $34.00 price objective (up from $33.00) on shares of Clearway Energy in a report on Tuesday. StockNews.com lowered shares of Clearway Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Clearway Energy currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $32.86.

Clearway Energy Stock Up 2.3 %

CWEN stock opened at $27.32 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $26.07 and a 200-day moving average of $27.53. Clearway Energy has a fifty-two week low of $20.63 and a fifty-two week high of $30.92. The company has a market capitalization of $5.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.26, a PEG ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 1.49 and a current ratio of 1.59.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Clearway Energy

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CWEN. Creative Planning increased its stake in Clearway Energy by 23.5% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 16,450 shares of the company’s stock worth $505,000 after acquiring an additional 3,134 shares during the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Clearway Energy by 11.8% during the third quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 20,890 shares of the company’s stock worth $641,000 after purchasing an additional 2,200 shares in the last quarter. abrdn plc increased its position in shares of Clearway Energy by 8.7% in the third quarter. abrdn plc now owns 461,200 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,150,000 after purchasing an additional 37,100 shares during the last quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. raised its stake in Clearway Energy by 0.4% in the third quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. now owns 189,236 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,806,000 after purchasing an additional 699 shares in the last quarter. Finally, James Investment Research Inc. bought a new stake in Clearway Energy during the third quarter valued at approximately $230,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.53% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other Clearway Energy news, Director Brian R. Ford sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.74, for a total value of $53,480.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 8,153 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $218,011.22. This trade represents a 19.70 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Clearway Energy Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd will be issued a dividend of $0.4312 per share. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.31%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 3rd. This is a positive change from Clearway Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. Clearway Energy’s payout ratio is presently 165.38%.

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.