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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:

Renew Energy Global (NASDAQ:RNW) is the #1 top renewable energy stock out of 21 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 Renew Energy Global (NASDAQ:RNW) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Renew Energy Global (NASDAQ:RNW) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 13 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 22.

RNW passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Renew Energy Global has seen its stock return 15.83% over the past year, underperforming other renewable energy stocks by -48 percentage points.

Ge Vernova (NYSE:GEV) is the #2 top renewable energy stock out of 21 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: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ge Vernova (NYSE:GEV) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 11 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 22.

GEV passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ge Vernova has seen its stock return 155.34% over the past year, overperforming other renewable energy stocks by 92 percentage points.

Ge Vernova has an average 1 year price target of $652.88, an upside of 4.6% from Ge Vernova's current stock price of $624.17.

Ge Vernova stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 17 analysts covering Ge Vernova, 64.71% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 17.65% have issued a Buy, 17.65% 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 21 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: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is 9 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 22.

ORA passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ormat Technologies has seen its stock return 23.55% over the past year, underperforming other renewable energy stocks by -40 percentage points.

Ormat Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $95.43, an upside of 3.18% from Ormat Technologies's current stock price of $92.49.

Ormat Technologies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Ormat Technologies, 71.43% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 14.29% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 5 renewable energy stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 renewable energy stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) has an annual dividend yield of 6.19%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 3.42%. 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 262.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) has an annual dividend yield of 4.37%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 3.42%. 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.

Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA) has an annual dividend yield of 0.52%, which is -3 percentage points lower than the renewable energy industry average of 3.42%. Ormat Technologies's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Ormat Technologies's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Ormat Technologies's dividend payout ratio of 23% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Renewable energy stocks were up 1.57% in the last day, and up 0.63% over the last week.

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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 43, which is 25 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 18. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Renew Energy Global's stock has gained 15.83% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the renewable energy industry by -48 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 -18 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 18. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ge Vernova's stock has gained 155.34% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the renewable energy industry by 92 percentage points.

Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE:AQN) 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.

Algonquin Power & Utilities has a valuation score of 14, which is -4 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 18. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Algonquin Power & Utilities's stock has gained 0.37% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the renewable energy industry by -63 percentage points.

54.55% of renewable energy stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect renewable energy stocks to rise by 8.13% 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), 50% are rated C (Hold), 18.75% are rated D (Sell), and 31.25% are rated F (Strong Sell).