Head-To-Head Survey: SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNE) & Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN)

SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNE) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

4.2% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of SUNation Energy 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

SUNation Energy has a beta of 2.3, indicating that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SUNation Energy	-17.28%	-51.96%	-25.23%
Clearway Energy	0.13%	0.04%	0.01%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for SUNation Energy and Clearway Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SUNation Energy	1	0	0	0	1.00
Clearway Energy	0	3	5	1	2.78

Clearway Energy has a consensus price target of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.59%. Given Clearway Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than SUNation Energy.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SUNation Energy and Clearway Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SUNation Energy	$71.91 million	0.07	-$10.89 million	($2.65)	-0.46
Clearway Energy	$1.49 billion	5.58	$169.00 million	$0.04	1,008.53

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

Summary

Clearway Energy beats SUNation Energy on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SUNation Energy

SUNation Energy Inc. is focused on local and regional solar, storage and energy services companies. Its portfolio of brands provides homeowners and businesses of all sizes with an end-to-end product offering spanning solar, battery storage and grid services. SUNation Energy Inc., formerly known as Pineapple Energy, is based in RONKONKOMA, N.Y.

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.