AY vs. PEGI, PNM, EE, BKH, OTTR, PNW, BEP, OGE, BEPC, and CWEN
Should you be buying Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure include Pattern Energy Group (PEGI), PNM Resources (PNM), Excelerate Energy (EE), Black Hills (BKH), Otter Tail (OTTR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), OGE Energy (OGE), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), and Clearway Energy (CWEN).
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (NASDAQ:AY) and Pattern Energy Group (NASDAQ:PEGI) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Pattern Energy Group. Pattern Energy Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pattern Energy Group received 45 more outperform votes than Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.49% of users gave Pattern Energy Group an outperform vote while only 63.58% of users gave Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure an outperform vote.
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has a net margin of 4.94% compared to Pattern Energy Group's net margin of -5.73%. Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's return on equity of 3.33% beat Pattern Energy Group's return on equity.
40.5% of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Pattern Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Pattern Energy Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Pattern Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure pays out 387.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pattern Energy Group pays out -482.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $23.13, suggesting a potential upside of 4.45%. Given Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure is more favorable than Pattern Energy Group.
In the previous week, Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure had 20 more articles in the media than Pattern Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Pattern Energy Group. Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Pattern Energy Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pattern Energy Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure beats Pattern Energy Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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