Financial Survey: Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) versus Sunrise New Energy (NASDAQ:EPOW)

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

31.9% of Sunrise New Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.5% of Sunrise New Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sunrise New 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
Sunrise New Energy	$65.00 million	0.34	-$12.76 million	N/A	N/A
Clearway Energy	$1.43 billion	4.06	$88.00 million	$0.65	44.22

Clearway Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Sunrise New Energy.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Sunrise New Energy and Clearway Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunrise New Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00
Clearway Energy	0	2	4	0	2.67

Clearway Energy has a consensus price target of $36.40, indicating a potential upside of 26.65%. Given Clearway Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clearway Energy is more favorable than Sunrise New Energy.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sunrise New Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clearway Energy	5.31%	1.37%	0.51%

Risk & Volatility

Sunrise New Energy has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Clearway Energy beats Sunrise New Energy on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sunrise New Energy

Sunrise New Energy Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of graphite anode material for EVs and other lithium-ion batteries. The company also operates a peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform business. In addition, it offers education consulting, training, tailored, information technology, business incubation, enterprise information technology integration, health, and agricultural technology services, as well as cultural and artistic exchanges and planning, and conference services. The company was formerly known as Global Internet of People, Inc. Sunrise New Energy Co., Ltd. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Zibo, the People’s Republic of China.

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.