PIF vs. LCFS, ARR, MXG, ACO.Y, CUP.U, SXI, INE, BLX, NPI, and BEPC
Should you be buying Polaris Renewable Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polaris Renewable Energy include Tidewater Renewables (LCFS), Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), Maxim Power (MXG), ATCO (ACO.Y), Caribbean Utilities (CUP.U), Synex Renewable Energy (SXI), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE), Boralex (BLX), Northland Power (NPI), and Brookfield Renewable (BEPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Tidewater Renewables (TSE:LCFS) and Polaris Renewable Energy (TSE:PIF) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, Polaris Renewable Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Tidewater Renewables. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Polaris Renewable Energy and 3 mentions for Tidewater Renewables. Tidewater Renewables' average media sentiment score of -0.14 beat Polaris Renewable Energy's score of -0.53 indicating that Polaris Renewable Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Polaris Renewable Energy received 164 more outperform votes than Tidewater Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.02% of users gave Polaris Renewable Energy an outperform vote while only 35.14% of users gave Tidewater Renewables an outperform vote.
Polaris Renewable Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tidewater Renewables. Tidewater Renewables 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.
Tidewater Renewables has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polaris Renewable Energy has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Polaris Renewable Energy has a net margin of 14.96% compared to Polaris Renewable Energy's net margin of -41.99%. Tidewater Renewables' return on equity of 4.37% beat Polaris Renewable Energy's return on equity.
Tidewater Renewables presently has a consensus price target of C$12.31, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Polaris Renewable Energy has a consensus price target of C$27.00, indicating a potential upside of 133.36%. Given Polaris Renewable Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Tidewater Renewables is more favorable than Polaris Renewable Energy.
8.4% of Tidewater Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Polaris Renewable Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 69.1% of Tidewater Renewables shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Polaris Renewable Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Polaris Renewable Energy beats Tidewater Renewables on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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