SPB vs. BIPC, INE, TA, BLX, ACO.X, CPX, NPI, AQN, CU, and BEPC
Should you be buying Superior Plus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Superior Plus include Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE), TransAlta (TA), Boralex (BLX), ATCO (ACO.X), Capital Power (CPX), Northland Power (NPI), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Canadian Utilities (CU), and Brookfield Renewable (BEPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Superior Plus (TSE:SPB) and Brookfield Infrastructure (TSE:BIPC) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Superior Plus has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Superior Plus received 425 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Superior Plus had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Superior Plus and 1 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Superior Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that Superior Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brookfield Infrastructure has a net margin of 15.13% compared to Superior Plus' net margin of 0.57%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 88.01% beat Superior Plus' return on equity.
30.9% of Superior Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Superior Plus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Superior Plus currently has a consensus price target of C$12.69, suggesting a potential upside of 36.28%. Given Superior Plus' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Superior Plus is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.
Brookfield Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Superior Plus.
Superior Plus pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of 2.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out 43.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Superior Plus beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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