Clearway Energy (CWEN) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $1.15
- Estimate
- $0.66
- Surprise
- +72.8%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.6 → 5.8/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Clearway Energy (CWEN) beat the $0.66 estimate with diluted EPS of $1.15 — a large 72.8% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.6/10) to Sell at 5.8/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CWEN Sell at 6.2/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +72.8% surprise compares with a +1.2% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-04.
What supports the rating
- Strong growth profile
- Positive insider activity
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Commodity: renewable energy and storage assets (98.0%)
- Concentration risk — Counterparty: CEG
- Leverage penalty (D/E 1.8): -1.0
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $32.56
- Price target
- $37.84
- Stop
- $30.50
- Upside to target
- +16.2%
- Reward-to-risk
- 2.2:1
The stock trades at 37.9× trailing but 15.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-08-23 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CWEN at TrendMatrix's latest read
Utility earnings are regulatory outcomes on a lag — allowed-return and rate-case posture frame any quarter's print.
- Industry
- Utilities - Renewable
- Market cap
- $8.03B
- P/E (fwd)
- 15.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 37.9
- 52-week range
- $27.67–$41.74
- Off 52-week high
- 22.0%
- RSI (14)
- 53
- Volume vs avg
- 1.27×
- Score today
- 6.2/10