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CWEN vs NRG

Side-by-side comparison of Clearway Energy Inc. (CWEN) and NRG Energy Inc. (NRG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CWEN and NRG operate in Electric Utilities: Central (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
  • NRG is the larger of the two at $31.97B, about 4.1x CWEN ($7.84B).
  • Over the past year, CWEN is up 30.2% and NRG is up 36.0% - NRG leads by 5.8 points.
  • CWEN has been more active in the news (11 items in the past 4 weeks vs 10 for NRG).
  • NRG has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 16 for CWEN).
PerformanceCWEN+30.15%NRG+35.97%
2025-04-30+0.00%2026-04-29
MetricCWENNRG
Company
Clearway Energy Inc.
NRG Energy Inc.
Price
$38.20-5.55%
$148.98-3.77%
Market cap
$7.84B
$31.97B
1M return
-1.88%
+5.48%
1Y return
+30.15%
+35.97%
Industry
Electric Utilities: Central
Electric Utilities: Central
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2015
News (4w)
11
10
Recent ratings
16
25
CWEN

Clearway Energy Inc.

Clearway Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the renewable energy businesses in the United States. As of March 2, 2021, it had approximately 4,200 net megawatts (MW) of installed wind and solar generation projects; and 2,500 net MW of natural gas generation facilities, as well as a portfolio of district energy systems. Its thermal infrastructure assets provide steam, hot water and/or chilled water, and electricity to commercial businesses, universities, hospitals, and governmental units. As of December 31, 2020, the company had 1,394 MW thermal equivalent capacity of steam and chilled water. Clearway Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey. Clearway Energy, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Clearway Energy Group LLC.

NRG

NRG Energy Inc.

NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated power company in the United States. It operates through Texas, East, and West. The company is involved in the producing, selling, and delivering electricity and related products and services to 3.6 million residential, industrial, and commercial consumers. It generates electricity using natural gas, coal, oil, solar, nuclear, and battery storage. The company also provides system power, distributed generation, renewable products, backup generation, storage and distributed solar, demand response, energy efficiency, advisory, and on-site energy solutions; and carbon management and specialty services. In addition, it trades in electric power, natural gas, and related commodities; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps. Further, the company procures fuels; provides transportation services; and directly sells energy, services, and products and services to retail customers under the NRG, Reliant, Green Mountain Energy, Stream, XOOM Energy, and other brand names. As of December 31, 2020, it owns power generation portfolio with approximately 23,000 megawatts of capacity at 33 plants. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

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