SPB vs. BIPC, TA, BLX, INE, ACO.X, CPX, NPI, BEPC, AQN, and CU
Should you be buying Superior Plus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Superior Plus include Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), TransAlta (TA), Boralex (BLX), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE), ATCO (ACO.X), Capital Power (CPX), Northland Power (NPI), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), and Canadian Utilities (CU). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Superior Plus and Superior Plus both had 2 articles in the media. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Superior Plus' score of -0.03 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
31.2% of Superior Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.5% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Superior Plus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Superior Plus presently has a consensus price target of C$12.69, suggesting a potential upside of 35.41%. Given Superior Plus' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Superior Plus is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.
Superior Plus has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookfield Infrastructure has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Superior Plus. Brookfield Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Superior Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brookfield Infrastructure has a net margin of 4.43% compared to Superior Plus' net margin of 1.54%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 32.69% beat Superior Plus' return on equity.
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 2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Superior Plus pays out 313.0% 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 Infrastructure pays out 191.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Superior Plus received 425 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Brookfield Infrastructure beats Superior Plus on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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