BEP vs. OGE, PNW, IDA, POR, AQN, ENIC, ELP, BKH, OTTR, and PNM
Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable Partners include OGE Energy (OGE), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Enel Chile (ENIC), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Black Hills (BKH), Otter Tail (OTTR), and PNM Resources (PNM). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) and OGE Energy (NYSE:OGE) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, OGE Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for OGE Energy and 15 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat OGE Energy's score of 0.76 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
OGE Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OGE Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OGE Energy has a net margin of 14.63% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of 7.10%. OGE Energy's return on equity of 8.89% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.
63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of OGE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of OGE Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. OGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -308.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OGE Energy pays out 84.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Renewable Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OGE Energy has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookfield Renewable Partners received 167 more outperform votes than OGE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.78% of users gave Brookfield Renewable Partners an outperform vote while only 50.87% of users gave OGE Energy an outperform vote.
Brookfield Renewable Partners presently has a consensus price target of $30.92, suggesting a potential upside of 11.43%. OGE Energy has a consensus price target of $33.40, suggesting a potential downside of 5.78%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than OGE Energy.
Summary
Brookfield Renewable Partners beats OGE Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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