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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: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Renew Energy Global (NASDAQ:RNW) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 20 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 24.

RNW passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Renew Energy Global has seen its stock return 33.22% over the past year, underperforming other renewable energy stocks by -15 percentage points.

Renew Energy Global has an average 1 year price target of $8.15, an upside of 8.09% from Renew Energy Global's current stock price of $7.54.

Renew Energy Global stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Renew Energy Global, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

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: B, Sentiment: D, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ge Vernova (NYSE:GEV) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 14 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 24.

GEV passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ge Vernova has seen its stock return 93.97% over the past year, overperforming other renewable energy stocks by 46 percentage points.

Ge Vernova has an average 1 year price target of $666.30, an upside of 13.87% from Ge Vernova's current stock price of $585.14.

Ge Vernova stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 20 analysts covering Ge Vernova, 55% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 15% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 5% have issued a Strong Sell.

Energy Vault Holdings (NYSE:NRGV) 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 Energy Vault Holdings (NYSE:NRGV) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: A, Sentiment: F, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: D.

Energy Vault Holdings (NYSE:NRGV) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -4 points lower than the renewable energy industry average of 24.

NRGV passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Energy Vault Holdings has seen its stock return 89.3% over the past year, overperforming other renewable energy stocks by 41 percentage points.

Energy Vault Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $1.50, a downside of -57.63% from Energy Vault Holdings's current stock price of $3.54.

Energy Vault Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Sell recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Energy Vault Holdings, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 100% 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 5.44%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 2.98%. 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 3.41%, which is the same as the renewable energy industry average of 2.98%. 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 0.45%, which is -3 percentage points lower than the renewable energy industry average of 2.98%. 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 0.73% in the last day, and down -0.72% 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:

Xcf Global (NASDAQ:SAFX) 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.

Xcf Global has a valuation score of 57, which is 37 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 20. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Xcf Global's stock has dropped -91.54% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the renewable energy industry by -140 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 -20 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 20. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ge Vernova's stock has gained 93.97% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the renewable energy industry by 46 percentage points.

Renew Energy Global (NASDAQ:RNW) 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.

Renew Energy Global has a valuation score of 57, which is 37 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 20. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Renew Energy Global's stock has gained 33.22% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the renewable energy industry by -15 percentage points.

38.46% of renewable energy stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect renewable energy stocks to rise by 7.07% 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), 58.82% are rated C (Hold), 35.29% are rated D (Sell), and 5.88% are rated F (Strong Sell).