Clearway Energy, Inc.

Utilities
Electric Utilities: Central
www.clearwayenergy.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $5.80B
PE -82
Debt $7.61B
Cash $674.00M
EV $12.74B
FCF $478.00M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	-$71.00M
EBIT	$211.00M
ROE	-1%
ROA	1%
FCF	$478.00M
Equity	$5.62B
Growth Stability	-3K%
PE	-81.74
PEG	38.45
PB	1.03
P/FCF	12.14
P/S	4.25
Price/Cash	0.12
Debt/Equity	1.35
Debt/FCF	15.92
Net Margins	-1%
Gross Margins	64%
Op. Margins	15%
Earnings CAGR	3%
Sales Growth YoY	31%
Sales Growth QoQ	33%
Sales CAGR	-3%
FCF CAGR	1%
Equity CAGR	10%
Earnings Stability	0.02
Earnings Growth YoY	575%
Earnings Growth QoQ	575%

Earnings CAGR 5Y	-2%
Sales CAGR 5Y	-12%
FCF CAGR 5Y	5%
Equity CAGR 5Y	21%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	-13%
Sales CAGR 3Y	-13%
FCF CAGR 3Y	-7%
Equity CAGR 3Y	18%
Market Cap	$5.80B
Revenue	$1.36B
Assets	$14.25B
Total Debt	$7.61B
Cash	$674.00M
Shares Outstanding	202.14M
EV	12.74B
Earnings Score	6%
Moat Score	19%
Safety Score	40%
Final Score	22%
Working Capital	390M
Current Ratio	1.59
Gross Profit	$873.00M
Shares Growth 3y	0%
Equity Growth QoQ	-2%
Equity Growth YoY	32%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Clearway Energy Inc is an electric utility company that owns, operates, and acquires contracted renewable and conventional energy generation and thermal infrastructure assets across the U.S. The company segments its operations into conventional power generation, renewables and thermal divisions. Together, these groups control a portfolio of natural gas, oil, solar, and wind-fueled power-producing facilities. most of the energy produced by the NRG Yield can be derived from its renewable assets. Almost all of the revenue generated by the company comes from selling energy and capacity under long-term, fixed-price agreements to local utilities. NRG Yield's conventional generation, renewables, and thermal business segments each contribute significantly to the firm's total income.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Clearway Energy, Inc. (CWEN) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2024
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2022
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

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CAGR 3%

Stability 2%

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Clearway Energy, Inc. Discounted Cash Flow

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= $5.2B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$478M	$484M	$490M	$497M	$503M	$510M	$516M	$523M	$530M	$536M	$543M	$5.4B
DCF		$440M	$405M	$373M	$344M	$316M	$291M	$268M	$247M	$228M	$210M	$2.1B
Value	$5.2B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2014	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	05/2023	12/2023	TTM
Net Margins	3%	4%	-1%	-2%	5%	-9%	-5%	-6%	49%	-	-1%	-1%
ROA	-	4%	3%	3%	4%	2%	3%	2%	12%	-	2%	1%
ROE	-	1%	-1%	-1%	2%	-4%	-2%	-2%	14%	-	-0%	-1%

Bad Net Margins (-1.35%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2014	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	05/2023	12/2023	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	16.96	11.61	12.82	15.85	34.87	17.64	16.31	10.65	-	18.79	15.92
Debt over Equity	3.43	2.06	2.47	2.91	2.96	3.84	2.74	2.72	1.79	-	1.84	1.35
Growth Stability	-	-	-	-203%	-	-3K%	-	-	-	5%	-8%	-3K%

Bad Debt/FCF ratio (15.92)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Neutral Debt/Equity ratio (1.35)

The company has a balance between equity and debt that is not too good nor too bad.

Bad Graham’s Stability (-3K%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2014	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	05/2023	12/2023	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	49%	17%	-1%	4%	-2%	16%	7%	-7%	-	-	-12%
Earnings YoY growth	-	106%	-145%	53%	-309%	-300%	-35%	21%	-876%	-99%	-275%	-2%
Equity YoY growth	-	92%	-11%	-16%	4%	2%	20%	22%	22%	-	-	21%
FCF YoY growth	-	81%	57%	-10%	-14%	-40%	69%	31%	23%	-	-	5%