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CWEN (Clearway Energy) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.38 (As of May. 30, 2025)


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What is Clearway Energy Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-30), Clearway Energy's current share price is $30.65. Clearway Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $22.18. Clearway Energy's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.38.

The historical rank and industry rank for Clearway Energy's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CWEN' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.81   Med: 1.19   Max: 1.54
Current: 1.38

During the past years, Clearway Energy's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 1.54. The lowest was 0.81. And the median was 1.19.

CWEN's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
60.45% of 268 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 1.075 vs CWEN: 1.38

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Clearway Energy's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $16.489. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $22.18 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Clearway Energy Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clearway Energy's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Clearway Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 1.41 1.21 1.09 1.15

Clearway Energy Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 0.92 0.99 1.29 1.15 1.37

Competitive Comparison of Clearway Energy's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Clearway Energy's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Clearway Energy's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clearway Energy's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Clearway Energy Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Clearway Energy's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=30.65/22.18
=1.38

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Clearway Energy's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=16.489/134.9266*134.9266
=16.489

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Clearway Energy Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 18.938 100.684 25.379
201509 18.517 100.392 24.887
201512 18.907 99.792 25.564
201603 18.568 100.470 24.936
201606 18.640 101.688 24.733
201609 18.948 101.861 25.099
201612 18.999 101.863 25.166
201703 18.712 102.862 24.545
201706 18.685 103.349 24.394
201709 18.741 104.136 24.282
201712 17.593 104.011 22.822
201803 17.562 105.290 22.505
201806 18.019 106.317 22.868
201809 17.973 106.507 22.769
201812 16.906 105.998 21.520
201903 16.419 107.251 20.656
201906 16.048 108.070 20.036
201909 11.930 108.329 14.859
201912 16.313 108.420 20.301
202003 15.799 108.902 19.575
202006 16.154 108.767 20.039
202009 16.215 109.815 19.923
202012 15.711 109.897 19.289
202103 15.437 111.754 18.638
202106 15.418 114.631 18.148
202109 15.279 115.734 17.813
202112 15.759 117.630 18.076
202203 15.122 121.301 16.821
202206 19.633 125.017 21.189
202209 19.615 125.227 21.134
202212 19.102 125.222 20.582
202303 18.367 127.348 19.460
202306 18.291 128.729 19.172
202309 18.034 129.860 18.738
202312 17.948 129.419 18.712
202403 17.589 131.776 18.010
202406 18.307 132.554 18.635
202409 18.171 133.029 18.430
202412 17.557 133.157 17.790
202503 16.489 134.927 16.489

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Clearway Energy  (NYSE:CWEN) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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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 Flexible Generation, renewables and Corporate divisions.
Executives
Brian R. Ford director 1 MILFORD WAY, MEDFORD NJ 08055
E Stanley Oneal director MERRILL LYNCH CORPORATE SECRETARY, 222 BROADWAY, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10038
Se Totalenergies director, 10 percent owner 2 PLACE JEAN MILLIER, ARCHE NORD COUPOLE/REGNAULT, PARIS LA DEFENSE CEDEX I0 92078
Global Infrastructure Investors Iii, Llc 10 percent owner C/O GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 30TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Christopher S Sotos director CLEARWAY ENERGY, INC., 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
Emmanuel Barrois director 300 CARNEGIE CENTER, SUITE 300, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Zephyr Holdings Gp, Llc director, 10 percent owner C/O GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 30TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Totalenergies Delaware, 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 Holdings Usa, Inc. 10 percent owner 1201 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 1800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Totalenergies Gestion Usa Sarl 10 percent owner LA DEFENSE 6 2 PLACE JEAN MILLIER, COURBEVOIE, HAUTS-DE-SEINE I0 92400
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