CPX vs. TA, BEP.UN, ACO.X, NPI, AQN, BIPC, CU, BLX, SPB, and BEPC
Should you be buying Capital Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital Power include TransAlta (TA), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), ATCO (ACO.X), Northland Power (NPI), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Canadian Utilities (CU), Boralex (BLX), Superior Plus (SPB), and Brookfield Renewable (BEPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
TransAlta (TSE:TA) and Capital Power (TSE:CPX) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.
In the previous week, TransAlta had 1 more articles in the media than Capital Power. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for TransAlta and 1 mentions for Capital Power. TransAlta's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Capital Power's score of -0.06 indicating that Capital Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capital Power has higher revenue and earnings than TransAlta. TransAlta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.3% of TransAlta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.7% of Capital Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of TransAlta shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Capital Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Capital Power received 41 more outperform votes than TransAlta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.21% of users gave TransAlta an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave Capital Power an outperform vote.
TransAlta presently has a consensus price target of C$15.22, suggesting a potential upside of 56.93%. Capital Power has a consensus price target of C$44.45, suggesting a potential upside of 16.28%. Given Capital Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe TransAlta is more favorable than Capital Power.
TransAlta has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Power has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TransAlta has a net margin of 19.39% compared to TransAlta's net margin of 16.78%. Capital Power's return on equity of 33.61% beat TransAlta's return on equity.
TransAlta pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. TransAlta pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Power pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
TransAlta beats Capital Power on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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