CWEN vs NEE vs AXIAY Stock Comparison

Clearway Energy, Nextera Energy and AXIA Energia Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CWEN Clearway Energy, Inc.
$33.90 +15.6% 1M +6.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.91B
P/E
38.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.57B
Div. yield
0.10%
Renewable Power Producers Utilities
2 wins
NEE Nextera Energy Inc
$85.03 +10.7% 1M +4.5% 1Y
Market cap
$183.93B
P/E
15.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$28.83B
Div. yield
–
Regulated Electric Utilities Utilities
5 wins
AXIAY AXIA Energia S.A.
$8.70 -19.4% 1M
Market cap
$24.27B
P/E
8.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.98B
Div. yield
–
Renewable Power Producers Utilities
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Nextera Energy leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Nextera Energy 5, AXIA Energia 4, Clearway Energy 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCWENNEEAXIAYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.91B $183.93B $24.27B NEE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.7x 15.8x 8.5x AXIAY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 21.7x 10.6x AXIAY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.9% +9.6% -6.7% CWEN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.4% 40.4% 31.9% NEE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.4% 4.7% 6.5% AXIAY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 7.6x 7.0x -774,810x AXIAY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.10% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +6.2% +4.5% — CWEN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.9%/yr 0.0%/yr — NEE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.3% 21.1% 64.6% NEE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 61/100 54/100 NEE

Percentile Scorecard

CWENNEEAXIAY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCWENNEEAXIAY
Valuation 70 #8 of 24 26 #50 of 67 57 #11 of 24
Growth 41 #14 of 23 95 #4 of 65 23 #18 of 23
Profitability 59 #10 of 23 86 #10 of 65 77 #6 of 23
Financial Health 35 #16 of 24 51 #33 of 66 61 #10 of 24
Shareholder Returns 79 #5 of 20 46 #37 of 67 –
Overall 57 61 54
  • CWEN ranked among 24 companies in Power Generation
  • NEE ranked among 67 companies in Regulated Utilities
  • AXIAY ranked among 24 companies in Power Generation

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCWENNEEAXIAYSPY
1 month +15.6%+10.7%-19.4% -2.3%
3 months +5.7%-1.8%— -0.7%
6 months -12.1%-11.0%— +4.8%
Year to date +1.9%+5.9%— +10.3%
1 year +6.2%+4.5%— +10.3%
3 years +48.2%+43.2%— +73.0%
3 years, per year +14.0%+12.7%— +20.1%
5 years -4.6%-0.2%— +61.9%
5 years, per year -0.9%0.0%— +10.1%
10 years +129.8%+175.0%— +258.6%
10 years, per year +8.7%+10.6%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCWENNEEAXIAYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.3%21.1%64.6% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.1%21.9%77.0% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.720.060.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.200.21— 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.9%-47.2%-28.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.8%-13.1%-28.5% -3.5%
52-week high $41.26$97.88$12.16 $779.14
52-week low $29.16$75.50$8.66 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCWENNEEAXIAY
P/E now vs peer median 36.9xmedian 23.9x 15.3xmedian 20.9x 8.6xmedian 23.9x
P/S now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 2.6x 6.2xmedian 2.9x 2.8xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.9xmedian 11.6x 18.8xmedian 13.3x -2,727,706xmedian 11.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 10.9xmedian 12.2x 38.1xmedian 41.3x -44.0xmedian 12.2x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 2.1x 2.4xmedian 1.8x 1.0xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median -6.32median 0.60 1.09median 2.15 0.38median 0.60

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCWENNEEAXIAY
Revenue $1.57B $28.83B $8.98B
Gross profit – – $9.84B
Operating income $211.00M $8.66B $2.30B
Net income -$299.00M $11.64B $2.86B
Free cash flow $671.00M $4.67B -$561.90M
EPS (diluted) $0.83 $5.55 $1.00
Cash & equivalents $251.00M $5.58B $2.13B
Total debt $9.06B $110.22B $11.93B
Shares (diluted) 121.00M 2.10B 2.86B
Enterprise value $2.85B $170.68B $11.26B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCWENNEEAXIAY
P/E 36.9x 15.3x 8.6x
P/FCF 10.9x 38.1x -44.0x
P/Operating cash flow 7.2x 12.0x 37,180x
P/S 4.7x 6.2x 2.8x
P/B 1.3x 2.4x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 2.4x 2.8x
EV/EBITDA 13.9x 18.8x -2,727,706x
EV/EBIT 76.5x 32.7x 15.0x
EV/Revenue 10.3x 9.8x 3.8x
EV/FCF 24.1x 60.5x -61.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.9x 19.1x 51,931x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -6.32 1.09 0.38

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCWENNEEAXIAY
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.9% 9.6% -6.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.5% 1.7% -35.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 22.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – -4.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -6.6% 13.4% -20.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -11.8% -3.5% -15.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -754.3% 79.0% 162.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -97.9% 15.1% 41.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 5.0% 76.7% 51.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -5.8% 14.0% 22.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 30.6% 23.8% -36.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.4% 16.3% -92.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 19.4% 30.9% 22.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.2% 124.1% -32.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCWENNEEAXIAY
Gross margin – – 109.6%
EBITDA margin 73.8% 52.2% 0.0%
Operating margin 13.4% 30.0% 25.6%
Pretax margin -8.3% 35.0% 7.9%
Net margin 6.4% 40.4% 31.9%
FCF margin 42.6% 16.2% -6.3%
Operating cash flow margin 64.6% 51.4% 0.0%
Return on equity -3.2% 13.9% 12.3%
Return on assets -1.1% 4.1% 5.4%
Return on invested capital 1.4% 4.7% 6.5%
Return on capital employed 1.3% 4.2% 4.7%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.1x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.4x 1.3x 0.0x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCWENNEEAXIAY
Debt / assets 54.0% 45.0% 22.3%
Debt / equity 1.7x 1.5x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 7.6x 7.0x -774,810x
Debt / FCF 13.5x 23.6x -21.2x
Liabilities / assets 67.4% 70.3% 55.9%
Equity / assets 32.6% 29.7% 44.1%
Interest coverage 0.5x 2,164x 0.5x
Current ratio 1.2x 0.5x 2.1x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.3x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.2x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 0.55 1.01 0.98

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCWENNEEAXIAY
Dividend yield 5.5% 2.9% –
Net buyback yield -0.7% -0.5% –
Shareholder yield 4.8% 2.3% –
Payout ratio (earnings) -124.4% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 55.4% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 7.5% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 7.3% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCWENNEEAXIAY
Forward P/E – 21.7xFY2026 10.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.10FY2026 $3.89FY2026 $0.79FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -107.0%FY2026 +4.9%FY2026 -1.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +18.5% +24.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.69BFY2026 $32.08BFY2026 $8.35BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.0%FY2026 +17.0%FY2026 +7.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.8% +9.6% +14.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCWENNEEAXIAY
Held by institutions 84.5% 84.3% 1.6%
Institutions holding 476 3,023 181
Change in shares held, QoQ +31.6% +2.3% +18.5%
Institutions buying 362 1,590 116
Institutions selling 71 1,056 44
Buyers to sellers 5.10 1.51 2.64

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CWENNEEAXIAY
CWEN 1.00 0.39 -0.01
NEE 0.39 1.00 0.01
AXIAY -0.01 0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CWEN, NEE and AXIAY?

Nextera Energy (NEE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Clearway Energy (CWEN) $3.91B, Nextera Energy (NEE) $183.93B, AXIA Energia (AXIAY) $24.27B.

Which stock is cheaper, CWEN, NEE and AXIAY?

AXIA Energia (AXIAY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Clearway Energy (CWEN) 38.7x, Nextera Energy (NEE) 15.8x, AXIA Energia (AXIAY) 8.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, AXIA Energia (AXIAY) is cheapest (Nextera Energy (NEE) 21.7x, AXIA Energia (AXIAY) 10.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Clearway Energy (CWEN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Clearway Energy (CWEN) +9.9%, Nextera Energy (NEE) +9.6%, AXIA Energia (AXIAY) -6.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nextera Energy (NEE) has the highest net margin (Clearway Energy (CWEN) 6.4%, Nextera Energy (NEE) 40.4%, AXIA Energia (AXIAY) 31.9%). On return on invested capital, AXIA Energia (AXIAY) leads (Clearway Energy (CWEN) 1.4%, Nextera Energy (NEE) 4.7%, AXIA Energia (AXIAY) 6.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Clearway Energy (CWEN) returned the most: Clearway Energy (CWEN) +6.2%, Nextera Energy (NEE) +4.5%. Over five years, Nextera Energy (NEE) compounded fastest (Clearway Energy (CWEN) -0.9%/yr, Nextera Energy (NEE) 0.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Clearway Energy (CWEN) 0.10%, Nextera Energy (NEE) 0.00%, AXIA Energia (AXIAY) 0.00%. Nextera Energy (NEE) and AXIA Energia (AXIAY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nextera Energy (NEE) has been the steadiest (Clearway Energy (CWEN) 31.3%, Nextera Energy (NEE) 21.1%, AXIA Energia (AXIAY) 64.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CWEN, NEE and AXIAY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Nextera Energy (NEE) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.