Clearway Energy, Inc. (:CWEN) closed at $16.59 after the last trading day, drawing interest from investors and traders. The stock trades on NYSE in the Oils-Energy sector and Alternative Energy - Other industry.
Outstanding shares are common stock authorized by a company that are issued, purchased, and held by investors. Outstanding shares include restricted shares owned by the company’s employees and officers as well as the public. “Capital Stock” is the number of outstanding shares listed on a company’s balance sheet and is reported with the company’s quarterly filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Clearway Energy, Inc. (:CWEN)’s shares outstanding are 193.15.
Average Volume is the amount of securities traded in a day on average over a specific time period. Trading activity relates to the liquidity of a security. When average volume is high, the stock has high liquidity and can be therefore easily traded, while conversely, when the trading volume is low, the commodity will be less expensive as traders are not as willing to purchase it. Average volume has an effect on the price of the security. Clearway Energy, Inc. (:CWEN) has experienced an average volume of 412523.19.
Market capitalization is the total dollar market value of a company’s shares. It is calculated by multiplying a company’s shares outstanding by the current market price of one share. Investors use this figure to figure out a company’s size, as opposed to just using total asset or sales figures. Market capitalization is important because company size is a basic indicator of multiple characteristics in which investors are interested in, including risk. It is easy to calculate. For example, a company with 40 million shares selling at $100 a share would have a market cap of $4 billion. Companies are ranked according to their market caps, ranking them as large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap. Large-cap companies usually have a market capitalization of $10 billion and up. These large-cap companies have typically been around for a long period of time, and they are usually major players in well-established industries. Mid-cap companies have a market capitalization of $2 billion - $10 billion. Mid-cap companies operate in industries expected to experience rapid growth. Companies that have a market capitalization $300 million - $2 billion are classified as small-cap companies. These companies are usually young in age and they could serve new industries as well as niche markets. Clearway Energy, Inc. (:CWEN)’s market cap is $3204.34.
There is nothing more important than earnings for stock prices. Quarterly reports aid investors in getting a better understanding about how a company has been faring, along with its near-term outlook.
Many times, however, an earnings report could contain a surprise that really affects a stock stock price. These earnings “surprises” can lead to big gains or inflict huge losses to a portfolio, so it is extremely important to find these surprises ahead of time.
Leading investment research firm focused on stock research, recommendations, and analysis, Zacks Investment Research have developed a method of predicting these surprises called “Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction). This method looks to find earnings surprises by focusing on the most recent analyst revisions. This is because if an analyst reevaluates their earnings estimate immediately before an earnings release, it indicates that they have new information which could be more accurate than what analysts thought about a company prior.
Clearway Energy, Inc. (:CWEN)’s average EPS Surprise over the previous 4 quarters was 178.04. The previous EPS surprise percentage was 79.41% and the actual EPS used in the surprise was $0.2.
Clearway Energy, Inc. (:CWEN)’s Price Change % over the last week is -9.25%. It’s % Price Change over the previous month is -7.68% and previous three months is -13.14%. Finally, looking back over the past year-to-date, Clearway Energy, Inc. (:CWEN)’s Price Change % is -12.22%.
EPS is what each share is worth and indicates how much money their shareholders would acquire if the company was to pay out all of its profits for the last trailing twelve months. Earnings Per Share is computed by dividing the profit total by its share total. If a company’s profit is $800 million and there are 40 million shares, then the EPS is $20. EPS is a fantastic way to compare and contrast companies in the same industry. When a company shows a steady upwards earnings trend, it is a good indicator that the company will dominate companies with a more volatile earnings trend. Clearway Energy, Inc. (:CWEN)’s EPS over the trailing 12-months is $1.16.
The mathematical calculation that represents the degree of change over time is known as “percentage change”. In finance, it serves many purposes, and is often used to represent the price change of a commodity.
Clearway Energy, Inc. (:CWEN)’s current average broker recommendation is 2.6 with 1 brokers rating it a “Strong Buy/Buy”.
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