Hallador Energy (NASDAQ:HNRG – Get Free Report) and Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN – Get Free Report) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations for Hallador Energy and Clearway Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Hallador Energy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Clearway Energy | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.75 |
Hallador Energy currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.77%. Clearway Energy has a consensus target price of $33.13, suggesting a potential upside of 24.62%. Given Hallador Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hallador Energy is more favorable than Clearway Energy.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Hallador Energy | $429.36 million | 1.17 | $44.79 million | ($0.55) | -21.35 |
| Clearway Energy | $1.36 billion | 3.94 | $79.00 million | $1.04 | 25.56 |
Clearway Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Hallador Energy. Hallador Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearway Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Hallador Energy and Clearway Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Hallador Energy | -4.85% | -6.71% | -3.39% |
| Clearway Energy | 8.94% | 2.28% | 0.84% |
Risk and Volatility
Hallador Energy has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearway Energy has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
61.4% of Hallador Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Clearway Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of Hallador Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Clearway Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dividends
Hallador Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Clearway Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Hallador Energy pays out -29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clearway Energy pays out 162.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Clearway Energy beats Hallador Energy on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Hallador Energy
Hallador Energy Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production of steam coal in the State of Indiana for the electric power generation industry. The company owns the Oaktown Mine 1 and Oaktown Mine 2 underground mines in Oaktown; Freelandville Center Pit surface mine in Freelandville; and Prosperity Surface mine in Petersburg, Indiana. It is also involved in gas exploration activities in Indiana; and operation of logistics transport facility. Hallador Energy Company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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.
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