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Clearway Energy (CWEN) Dips More Than Broader Market: What You Should Know

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Clearway Energy (CWEN - Free Report) closed at $29.93 in the latest trading session, marking a -1.19% move from the prior day. This change lagged the S&P 500's 0.45% loss on the day. On the other hand, the Dow registered a loss of 0.63%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq decreased by 0.78%.

Heading into today, shares of the company created by NRG Energy to acquire and operate natural gas, solar and wind plants had lost 11.3% over the past month, lagging the Oils-Energy sector's gain of 2% and the S&P 500's loss of 1.99%.

Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of Clearway Energy in its upcoming earnings disclosure. In that report, analysts expect Clearway Energy to post earnings of $0.34 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 83%. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $493.43 million, showing a 15.02% escalation compared to the year-ago quarter.

In terms of the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates predict earnings of -$0.5 per share and a revenue of $1.68 billion, indicating changes of -134.97% and +17.74%, respectively, from the former year.

Investors should also pay attention to any latest changes in analyst estimates for Clearway Energy. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. Therefore, positive revisions in estimates convey analysts' confidence in the business performance and profit potential.

Empirical research indicates that these revisions in estimates have a direct correlation with impending stock price performance. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.

The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has shifted 25.24% upward. Clearway Energy is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.

The Alternative Energy - Other industry is part of the Oils-Energy sector. Currently, this industry holds a Zacks Industry Rank of 100, positioning it in the top 41% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

Make sure to utilize Zacks.com to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and more, in the coming trading sessions.

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