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Best Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top renewable energy stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best renewable energy stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best renewable stocks to buy right now are:

Ge Vernova (NYSE:GEV) is the #1 top renewable energy stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ge Vernova (NYSE:GEV) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ge Vernova (NYSE:GEV) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 16 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 26.

GEV passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ge Vernova has seen its stock return 87.06% over the past year, overperforming other renewable energy stocks by 37 percentage points.

Ge Vernova has an average 1 year price target of $717.86, an upside of 16.88% from Ge Vernova's current stock price of $614.19.

Ge Vernova stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 21 analysts covering Ge Vernova, 52.38% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 19.05% have issued a Buy, 23.81% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 4.76% have issued a Strong Sell.

Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE:AQN) is the #2 top renewable energy stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE:AQN) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE:AQN) has a Due Diligence Score of 13, which is -13 points lower than the renewable energy industry average of 26.

AQN passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Algonquin Power & Utilities has seen its stock return 36.55% over the past year, underperforming other renewable energy stocks by -14 percentage points.

Algonquin Power & Utilities has an average 1 year price target of $7.00, an upside of 14.94% from Algonquin Power & Utilities's current stock price of $6.09.

Algonquin Power & Utilities stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Algonquin Power & Utilities, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) is the #3 top renewable energy stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) is: Value: D, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) has a Due Diligence Score of 24, which is -2 points lower than the renewable energy industry average of 26.

ORA passed 9 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ormat Technologies has seen its stock return 52.29% over the past year, overperforming other renewable energy stocks by 2 percentage points.

Ormat Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $114.25, an upside of 4.97% from Ormat Technologies's current stock price of $108.84.

Ormat Technologies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Ormat Technologies, 62.5% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 12.5% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 6 renewable energy stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 renewable energy stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Xplr Infrastructure (NYSE:XIFR) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the renewable energy industry average of 2%. Xplr Infrastructure's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Xplr Infrastructure's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Xplr Infrastructure's dividend payout ratio of -50.1% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) has an annual dividend yield of 5.42%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 2%. Clearway Energy's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Clearway Energy's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Clearway Energy's dividend payout ratio of 74.3% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) has an annual dividend yield of 4%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 2%. Brookfield Renewable's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Brookfield Renewable's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Renewable energy stocks were down -7.63% in the last day, and down -10.32% over the last week. Ge Vernova was the among the top losers in the utilities - renewable industry, dropping -10.5% yesterday.

Shares of energy and nuclear stocks are trading lower. The sector may be under pressure amid reports Blue Owl Capital will not provide funding for a $10 billion deal to build Oracle's next data center. This could cause AI sector uncertainty.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued renewable energy stocks right now are:

Renew Energy Global (NASDAQ:RNW) is the most undervalued renewable energy stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Renew Energy Global has a valuation score of 57, which is 35 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Renew Energy Global's stock has dropped -22.44% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the renewable energy industry by -73 percentage points.

Ge Vernova (NYSE:GEV) is the second most undervalued renewable energy stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Ge Vernova has a valuation score of 0, which is -22 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 22. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ge Vernova's stock has gained 87.06% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the renewable energy industry by 37 percentage points.

Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) is the third most undervalued renewable energy stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Fluence Energy has a valuation score of 0, which is -22 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 22. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fluence Energy's stock has gained 8.98% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the renewable energy industry by -41 percentage points.

46.15% of renewable energy stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect renewable energy stocks to rise by 15.81% over the next year.

0% of renewable energy stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of renewable energy stocks are rated B (Buy), 71.43% are rated C (Hold), 21.43% are rated D (Sell), and 7.14% are rated F (Strong Sell).