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Clearway Energy Inc · Q4 2022 earnings

Q4 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Clearway Energy reported full year 2022 financial results, impacted by weaker wind performance and forced outages in the Conventional segment, while reaffirming 2023 financial guidance and raising pro forma CAFD outlook.

Clearway Energy, Inc. reported a Net Loss of $54 million, Adjusted EBITDA of $212 million, Cash from Operating Activities of $180 million, and CAFD of $(2) million for Q4 2022. The company reaffirmed its 2023 full year CAFD guidance of $410 million and updated its pro forma CAFD outlook expectations from approximately $390 million to approximately $410 million.

  • Committed to approximately $348 million of new long-term corporate capital investments in 2022.
  • Raised over $1.3 billion of corporate level capital in 2022 from the sale of Clearway's Thermal Business.
  • Signed agreement with Clearway Group in 4Q22 to commit to invest in 463 MW of solar plus storage projects.
  • Increased the quarterly dividend by 2% to $0.3745 per share in the first quarter of 2023, or $1.498 per share annualized.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$268M

Previous: $318M-15.7%
EPS (adj)

$0.10

Previous: -$0.07+242.9%
Solar MWh Generated/Sold

92

No prior period
Wind MWh Generated/Sold

2.3K

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

$17M

Previous: $27M-37.0%
Free Cash Flow

-$2M

Previous: $145M-101.4%
Net Income

-$54M

Previous: -$75M+28.0%
Operating Income

$1.47B

Previous: $267M+450.6%
Gross Profit

$171M

Previous: $201M-14.9%
Cash & Equivalents

$657M

Previous: $179M+267.0%
Total Assets

$12.3B

Previous: $12.8B-3.9%

Revenue & EPS history

Clearway Energy · Revenue · Quarterly

$268M

Q4 2022-15.7%vs Q4 2021
Beat estimate in 4 of 15 quarters(27%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Clearway Energy · -$84M total across 1 segment · Q4 2022

  • Renewables & Storage
    -$84M-29.2%

Forward guidance

The Company is reaffirming its 2023 full year CAFD guidance of $410 million and updating its pro forma CAFD outlook expectations from approximately $390 million to approximately $410 million.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2022

Historical avgQ4 2022

+1.2%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.3%

Avg return

5 days after

+2.7%

Avg return

30 days after

59%

30 / 51 earnings

Positive

+10.6%

Q4 2015

Best reaction

-9.7%

Q2 2015

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-0.9%-1.5%+3.3%
Q4 2025-2.3%-4.1%-2.5%
Q3 2025+6.7%+8.6%+4.7%
Q1 2025-1.3%-2.3%+4.9%
Q4 2024+2.5%+4.9%+12.6%
Q3 2024+10.4%+9.7%+14.7%
Q2 2024+3.7%+7.0%+8.5%
Q1 2024+8.7%+10.3%+8.2%
Q4 2023-6.3%-5.6%-9.8%
Q3 2023+3.4%+2.5%+14.1%
Q2 2023+1.5%+2.8%-4.1%
Q1 2023+1.7%+2.2%+0.1%
Q4 2022-3.3%-2.0%-5.8%
Q3 2022+0.8%+0.0%-0.5%
Q2 2022+0.9%-0.5%-0.8%
Q1 2022-3.8%-2.8%+6.6%
Q4 2021-0.9%+1.9%+10.6%
Q3 2021+5.6%+3.4%+3.9%
Q2 2021+3.8%+5.2%+10.1%
Q1 2021-3.6%-8.4%-4.2%
Q4 2020+3.6%-1.0%+2.5%
Q3 2020+3.7%+6.6%+5.2%
Q2 2020+4.3%+2.8%-7.3%
Q1 2020+5.9%+5.8%+15.5%
Q4 2019-1.5%-1.2%-11.9%
Q3 2019+2.7%+3.5%+1.6%
Q2 2019-4.4%-1.4%+1.0%
Q1 2019-0.3%+0.2%+3.2%
Q4 2018-2.2%-0.3%+1.9%
Q3 2018+0.0%+0.5%-7.7%
Q2 2018-0.8%+0.8%+7.6%
Q1 2018+3.4%-0.6%-3.1%
Q4 2017+4.8%+4.5%+8.6%
Q3 2017+4.3%+5.9%+3.5%
Q2 2017+3.6%+0.5%+2.5%
Q1 2017-2.3%-0.9%+4.3%
Q4 2016-2.3%-2.6%+0.3%
Q3 2016+6.3%-3.7%-1.0%
Q2 2016-3.8%-1.2%+2.5%
Q1 2016-0.5%
Q4 2015+10.6%
Q3 2015+6.0%
Q2 2015-9.7%
Q1 2015+0.5%
Q4 2014-4.3%
Q3 2014+0.9%
Q2 2014+1.2%
Q1 2014+2.0%
Q4 2013+0.7%
Q3 2013+2.5%
Q2 2013-0.6%
Q1 2013
Q4 2012
Q3 2012
Q2 2012
Q1 2012

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