Clearway Energy, Inc. (CWEN) vs SOLV Energy Inc. (MWH)

Clearway Energy, Inc. and SOLV Energy Inc. are both Utilities Renewable companies. Clearway Energy, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $7.0B against $4.8B — 1.5× the size. SOLV Energy Inc. has the higher net margin (2.22% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.6% vs 0.94%). Across the 14 metrics below, Clearway Energy, Inc. leads on 8 and SOLV Energy Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CWEN MWH Utilities Renewable median
P/E 855.00 — 14.42
P/S 2.63 1.11 1.78
P/B 0.76 3.36 0.88
Price to free cash flow 6.17 37.83 11.75
EV/EBITDA 11.61 11.64 10.16
EV/Sales 8.04 1.00 3.74
Earnings yield 0.12% — (11.66%)
Free cash flow yield 16.21% 2.64% (27.02%)

Profitability

Metric CWEN MWH Utilities Renewable median
Gross margin 64.42% 16.75% 40.59%
Operating margin 13.41% 5.05% 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% 2.22% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 42.63% 2.94% (1.11%)
Return on equity 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on assets 0.00% 5.37% (0.07%)
Return on invested capital 0.94% 14.63% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CWEN MWH Utilities Renewable median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.92% — 16.77%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 90.67% — 28.57%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.57% — 7.01%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 46.55% — 0.00%

Health

Metric CWEN MWH Utilities Renewable median
Debt to equity 1.66 0.08 0.37
Current ratio 1.21 1.09 0.98
Net debt to EBITDA 7.46 — 3.56

Dividend

Metric CWEN MWH Utilities Renewable median
Dividend yield 5.43% — 3.15%
Payout ratio 46.39 — 0.17

Size

Metric CWEN MWH Utilities Renewable median
Market cap 7.04b 4.82b 849.13m

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