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Clearway Energy (Clearway Energy) Dividend Yield % : 6.85% (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Clearway Energy Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-25), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Clearway Energy is 6.85%.

Good Sign:

Clearway Energy Inc stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Clearway Energy's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

CWEN' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.17   Med: 5.53   Max: 10.78
Current: 6.85

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Clearway Energy was 10.78%. The lowest was 1.17%. And the median was 5.53%.

CWEN's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
80.08% of 246 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 3.02 vs CWEN: 6.85

Clearway Energy's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.90.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Clearway Energy Inc is 1.88, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Clearway Energy was 5.18. The lowest was 0.29. And the median was 1.84.

As of today (2024-04-25), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Clearway Energy is 7.06%.

Clearway Energy's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.40.

During the past 12 months, Clearway Energy's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Clearway Energy was 60.20% per year. The lowest was -8.20% per year. And the median was 4.60% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Clearway Energy Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clearway Energy's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Clearway Energy Dividend Yield % Chart

Clearway Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.01 3.29 3.68 4.47 5.62

Clearway Energy Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.47 4.65 5.20 7.15 5.62

Competitive Comparison of Clearway Energy's Dividend Yield %

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Clearway Energy's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Clearway Energy's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Clearway Energy's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clearway Energy's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Clearway Energy Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Clearway Energy Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.4032024-02-292024-03-012024-03-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3962023-11-302023-12-012023-12-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3892023-08-312023-09-012023-09-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3822023-05-312023-06-012023-06-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Clearway Energy's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.57/22.94
=6.84 %

Current Share Price is $22.94.
Clearway Energy's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.57.

Clearway Energy's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.612/22.94
=7.03 %

Current Share Price is $22.94.
Clearway Energy's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.403 * 4 = $1.612.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Clearway Energy  (NYSE:CWEN) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Clearway Energy (Clearway Energy) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
300 Carnegie Center, Suite 300, Princeton, NJ, USA, 08540
Clearway Energy Inc is a publicly-traded energy infrastructure investor with a focus on investments in clean energy and owner of modern, sustainable and long-term contracted assets across North America. The company segments its operations into conventional power generation, renewables and thermal divisions.
Executives
Christopher S Sotos director CLEARWAY ENERGY, INC., 300 CARNEGIE CENTER, SUITE 300, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Global Infrastructure Investors Iii, Llc 10 percent owner C/O GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 30TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Se Totalenergies director, 10 percent owner 2 PLACE JEAN MILLIER, ARCHE NORD COUPOLE/REGNAULT, PARIS LA DEFENSE CEDEX I0 92078
Emmanuel Barrois director 300 CARNEGIE CENTER, SUITE 300, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Guillaume Hediard director 300 CARNEGIE CENTER, SUITE 300, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Vincent Stoquart director C/O SUNPOWER CORPORATION, 51 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Totalenergies Gestion Usa Sarl 10 percent owner LA DEFENSE 6 2 PLACE JEAN MILLIER, COURBEVOIE, HAUTS-DE-SEINE I0 92400
Totalenergies Holdings Usa, Inc. 10 percent owner 1201 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 1800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Totalenergies Renewables Usa, Llc 10 percent owner 1201 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 1800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Totalenergies Delaware, Inc. 10 percent owner 1201 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 1800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Zephyr Holdings Gp, Llc director, 10 percent owner C/O GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 30TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Gip Iii Zephyr Midco Holdings, L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 30TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Michael Taft Murphy officer: CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER 300 CARNEGIE CENTER, SUITE 300, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Jennifer Elaine Lowry director 2 HOLLINS AVE, BALTIMORE MD 21210
E Stanley Oneal director MERRILL LYNCH CORPORATE SECRETARY, 222 BROADWAY, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10038