Financial Comparison: Environmental Power (OTCMKTS:EPGRQ) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN)

Environmental Power (OTCMKTS:EPGRQ) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Environmental Power and Clearway Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Environmental Power	0	0	0	0	0.00
Clearway Energy	0	3	5	1	2.78

Clearway Energy has a consensus price target of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.21%. Given Clearway Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than Environmental Power.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Environmental Power and Clearway Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Environmental Power	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clearway Energy	$1.43 billion	5.71	$169.00 million	$0.04	993.40

Clearway Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Environmental Power.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Environmental Power	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clearway Energy	0.13%	0.04%	0.01%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of Environmental Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Clearway Energy beats Environmental Power on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Environmental Power

Environmental Power Corporation engages in the development, ownership, and operation of renewable energy production facilities in the United States. The company develops renewable energy facilities for the production and commercial application of methane-rich biogas produced from animal, food industry, and other organic wastes. The biogas could be sold to end-users or used to produce pipeline-grade methane, which is referred as renewable natural gas, liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, and renewable electrical energy or thermal energy, as well as to produce other useful by-products. Environmental Power Corporation operates three single digester facilities in Wisconsin. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Tarrytown, New York.

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.