Growth Metrics

Clearway Energy (CWEN) FCF Payout Ratio (2012 - 2026)

Clearway Energy posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.01 for Q1 2026, down 99.59% year-on-year from 2.23 in Q1 2025, and down 94.56% on a QoQ basis from 0.17 in Q4 2025.

Clearway Energy (CWEN) has 15 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.01 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 99.59% year-over-year to 0.01; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.1 (down 510.82% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.05, up 255.28% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.01, down from 0.17 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 2.23 in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 5.85 in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.05 (2024), against an average of 0.51.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Payout Ratio reached 1826.25% in 2023, while the deepest fall reached 484.18% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.04 in 2022, then surged by 1579.32% to 0.58 in 2023, then slumped by 91.56% to 0.05 in 2024, then jumped by 242.86% to 0.17 in 2025, then slumped by 94.56% to 0.01 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.01 (Q1 2026), 0.17 (Q4 2025), and 0.7 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 AXIA Energia 193.97 Bn 191.26 Bn 1.44 Bn -
2 Enlight Renewable Energy 13.10 Bn 12.57 Bn 85.64 Mn -
3 Ormat Technologies 8.30 Bn 8.16 Bn 78.83 Mn -0.18
4 Fluence Energy 3.60 Bn 3.28 Bn 46.63 Mn -
5 Clearway Energy 1.42 Bn 4.77 Bn 220.00 Mn 0.01
6 XPLR Infrastructure 1.16 Bn 8.69 Bn 141.00 Mn -0.83
7 Energy Vault Holdings 916.05 Mn 870.62 Mn 4.79 Mn -
8 Ellomay Capital 782.29 Mn 671.00 Mn 1.49 Mn -
9 ReNew Energy Global 342.92 Mn 58.95 Mn 269.00 Mn -
10 Nextnrg 90.54 Mn 87.86 Mn 1.71 Mn -0.03

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.01
Dec 31, 2025 0.17
Jun 30, 2025 -0.70
Mar 31, 2025 2.23
Dec 31, 2024 0.05
Jun 30, 2024 -0.88
Mar 31, 2024 -4.76
Dec 31, 2023 0.58
Sep 30, 2023 0.31
Jun 30, 2023 0.68
Mar 31, 2023 -5.85
Jun 30, 2022 -0.04
Mar 31, 2022 1.52
Sep 30, 2021 -0.51
Jun 30, 2021 0.83
Dec 31, 2020 0.85
Sep 30, 2020 0.26
Jun 30, 2020 0.74
Mar 31, 2020 0.95
Dec 31, 2019 -1.55
Sep 30, 2019 0.33
Jun 30, 2019 4.22
Mar 31, 2019 0.87
Dec 31, 2018 0.79
Sep 30, 2018 0.31
Jun 30, 2018 0.65
Mar 31, 2018 1.17
Dec 31, 2017 -0.05
Jun 30, 2017 0.10
Mar 31, 2017 0.36
Dec 31, 2016 0.36
Jun 30, 2016 0.35
Mar 31, 2016 0.55
Dec 31, 2015 -0.19
Sep 30, 2015 0.48
Dec 31, 2014 3.58
Sep 30, 2014 0.11
Jun 30, 2014 0.07
Mar 31, 2014 7.33
Dec 31, 2013 24.69
Sep 30, 2013 10.68
Dec 31, 2012 0.21
Sep 30, 2012 -0.06