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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 B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

Ge Vernova (NYSE:GEV) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 15 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 23.

GEV passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ge Vernova has seen its stock return 199.42% over the past year, overperforming other renewable energy stocks by 127 percentage points.

Ge Vernova has an average 1 year price target of $490.67, a downside of -5.1% from Ge Vernova's current stock price of $517.04.

Ge Vernova stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 15 analysts covering Ge Vernova, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 13.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Renew Energy Global (NASDAQ:RNW) 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 Renew Energy Global (NASDAQ:RNW) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: D, and AI: C.

Renew Energy Global (NASDAQ:RNW) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 12 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 23.

RNW passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Renew Energy Global has seen its stock return 26.57% over the past year, underperforming other renewable energy stocks by -46 percentage points.

Renew Energy Global has an average 1 year price target of $7.50, a downside of -2.22% from Renew Energy Global's current stock price of $7.67.

Renew Energy Global stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Renew Energy Global, 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.

Xplr Infrastructure (NYSE:XIFR) 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 Xplr Infrastructure (NYSE:XIFR) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: D, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: D.

Xplr Infrastructure (NYSE:XIFR) has a Due Diligence Score of 11, which is -12 points lower than the renewable energy industry average of 23.

XIFR passed 4 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Xplr Infrastructure has seen its stock lose -66.38% over the past year, underperforming other renewable energy stocks by -139 percentage points.

Xplr Infrastructure has an average 1 year price target of $13.82, an upside of 54.05% from Xplr Infrastructure's current stock price of $8.97.

Xplr Infrastructure stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Xplr Infrastructure, 9.09% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 63.64% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 27.27% 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:

Clearway Energy (NYSE:CWEN) has an annual dividend yield of 5.24%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 4.65%. 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 210.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE:AQN) has an annual dividend yield of 3.37%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the renewable energy industry average of 4.65%. Algonquin Power & Utilities's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Algonquin Power & Utilities's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Algonquin Power & Utilities's dividend payout ratio of -23.9% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.23%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the renewable energy industry average of 4.65%. 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 up 2.32% in the last day, and up 1.12% over the last week. Renew Energy Global was the among the top gainers in the utilities - renewable industry, gaining 10.84% yesterday.

ReNew Energy Global shares are trading higher after Canada Pension Plan Investment boosted its stake in the company to 34.6% and submitted an $8.00 per share non-binding takeover proposal with consortium. Also, Abu Dhabi Investment authority-led consortium raised its offer to acquire the company for $8.00 per share.

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:

Xplr Infrastructure (NYSE:XIFR) 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.

Xplr Infrastructure has a valuation score of 14, which is -1 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 15. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Xplr Infrastructure's stock has dropped -66.38% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the renewable energy industry by -139 percentage points.

Solarbank (NASDAQ:SUUN) 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.

Solarbank has a valuation score of 14, which is -1 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 15. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Solarbank's stock has dropped -74.74% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the renewable energy industry by -148 percentage points.

Ge Vernova (NYSE:GEV) 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.

Ge Vernova has a valuation score of 0, which is -15 points higher than the renewable energy industry average of 15. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ge Vernova's stock has gained 199.42% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the renewable energy industry by 127 percentage points.

35.71% of renewable energy stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect renewable energy stocks to fall by -0.5% over the next year.

0% of renewable energy stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 6.67% of renewable energy stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.33% are rated C (Hold), 20% are rated D (Sell), and 20% are rated F (Strong Sell).