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Clearway Energy Inc Class C (CWEN) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CWEN, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Utilities in US: −3.2% week · −8.5% month · −13.9% quarter · −12.6% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLU.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-27
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.47 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How CWEN has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.47 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Clearway Energy Inc Class C moved 0.47% on average · correlation 0.14 · higher than 49% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.81 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −2.30% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −3.09% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Utilities - Renewable · US · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Renewable · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against CWEN on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Clearway Energy Inc Class C

CWEN in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Clearway Energy owns and operates clean energy generation assets across the United States, split into a Flexible Generation segment of gas-fired plants that support grid reliability and a Renewables & Storage segment of wind, solar and battery projects. Its portfolio mixes dispatchable combustion capacity with renewable capacity under long-term contracts across many states. Formerly named NRG Yield, it is based in Princeton, New Jersey, and operates as a subsidiary of Clearway Energy Group.
Where it sits in the stack
Clearway Energy holds no seat in Rubin, our AI infrastructure index; it sits in the Utilities sector of our broader universe, alongside renewable-power and grid names that supply electricity rather than compute.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group for Clearway Energy draws on Utilities names from the same country, including Talen Energy, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Enlight Renewable Energy; NextEra Energy is the comparison the wider market often makes.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Clearway Energy carries a Closelooknet score, with capital allocation as its strongest module and balance sheet as its weakest; it holds no index seat and has no diary quotes recorded so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether balance-sheet metrics improve as new renewable and storage projects are financed and brought into service.

Clearway Energy Inc Class C (CWEN) trades on US exchanges, classified under Utilities.

The Closelooknet company score reads 41/100 composite (momentum 14, quality 45, valuation 39) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Jefferies, 2026-09-04

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for CWEN from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Jefferies — target 38 Target set to $38 (+20.2% to spot) 2026-09-04
  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 58 from 60 Target cut to $58 from $60 (+70.7% to spot) 2026-08-18

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 6.23%, quarterly · last 0.48 USD on 2026-09-01

Dividends and capital return

What CWEN pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.86 USD per share · a 6.23% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +39.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.33 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.48 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-01
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.79 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.40 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-03
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 358 m USD 2% of earnings
  • Share count +0.8% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 358 m USD · 97% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Clearway Energy Inc Class C (CWEN)?

Clearway Energy Inc Class C trades as CWEN on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Utilities in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is CWEN in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Clearway Energy Inc Class C is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

What is Clearway Energy Inc Class C's Closelooknet composite score?

41 out of 100, with momentum 14, quality 45 and valuation 39 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CWEN trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -6.3% vs the 50-day and -15.1% vs the 200-day average, 27.6% below the 52-week high and +12% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 37 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Clearway Energy Inc Class C trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Clearway Energy Inc Class C had a beta of 0.47 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 49% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −2.30% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Clearway Energy Inc Class C do?

Clearway Energy owns and operates clean energy generation assets across the United States, split into a Flexible Generation segment of gas-fired plants that support grid reliability and a Renewables & Storage segment of wind, solar and battery projects. Its portfolio mixes dispatchable combustion capacity with renewable capacity under long-term contracts across many states. Formerly named NRG Yield, it is based in Princeton, New Jersey, and operates as a subsidiary of Clearway Energy Group. Closelooknet's peer group for Clearway Energy draws on Utilities names from the same country, including Talen Energy, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Enlight Renewable Energy; NextEra Energy is the comparison the wider market often makes.

Where does Clearway Energy Inc Class C sit in the AI build-out?

Clearway Energy holds no seat in Rubin, our AI infrastructure index; it sits in the Utilities sector of our broader universe, alongside renewable-power and grid names that supply electricity rather than compute. Clearway Energy carries a Closelooknet score, with capital allocation as its strongest module and balance sheet as its weakest; it holds no index seat and has no diary quotes recorded so far.

Does Clearway Energy Inc Class C pay a dividend?

Clearway Energy Inc Class C has paid 1.86 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 6.23% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.48 USD on 2026-09-01. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 358 m USD in dividends, 97% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.8% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Clearway Energy Inc Class C recently?

The most recent analyst action on Clearway Energy Inc Class C on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Jefferies on 2026-09-04 (target 38). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CWEN, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Utilities - Renewable, then Utilities. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.