MXG vs. PIF, LCFS, ARR, ACO.Y, CUP.U, TA, CPX, BEP.UN, SXI, and INE
Should you be buying Maxim Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maxim Power include Polaris Renewable Energy (PIF), Tidewater Renewables (LCFS), Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), ATCO (ACO.Y), Caribbean Utilities (CUP.U), TransAlta (TA), Capital Power (CPX), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), Synex Renewable Energy (SXI), and Innergex Renewable Energy (INE). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Maxim Power (TSE:MXG) and Polaris Renewable Energy (TSE:PIF) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Polaris Renewable Energy received 120 more outperform votes than Maxim Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.02% of users gave Polaris Renewable Energy an outperform vote while only 73.08% of users gave Maxim Power an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Maxim Power had 1 more articles in the media than Polaris Renewable Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Maxim Power and 0 mentions for Polaris Renewable Energy. Maxim Power's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Polaris Renewable Energy'saverage media sentiment score.
Maxim Power has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polaris Renewable Energy has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
3.0% of Maxim Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Polaris Renewable Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 70.8% of Maxim Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Polaris Renewable Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Polaris Renewable Energy has a consensus target price of C$27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 116.00%. Given Polaris Renewable Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Polaris Renewable Energy is more favorable than Maxim Power.
Maxim Power has a net margin of 68.25% compared to Polaris Renewable Energy's net margin of 14.42%. Maxim Power's return on equity of 9.99% beat Polaris Renewable Energy's return on equity.
Maxim Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Polaris Renewable Energy. Maxim Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polaris Renewable Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Polaris Renewable Energy beats Maxim Power on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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