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AQN vs. EBR, LNT, EVRG, WES, SBS, KEP, TLN, WTRG, DTM, and ELPC

Should you be buying Algonquin Power & Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algonquin Power & Utilities include Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Talen Energy (TLN), Essential Utilities (WTRG), DT Midstream (DTM), and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Algonquin Power & Utilities vs.

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) and Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE:AQN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Algonquin Power & Utilities received 98 more outperform votes than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.63% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote while only 52.83% of users gave Algonquin Power & Utilities an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - EletrobrásOutperform Votes
163
58.63%
Underperform Votes
115
41.37%
Algonquin Power & UtilitiesOutperform Votes
261
52.83%
Underperform Votes
233
47.17%

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays out -15.5% 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. Algonquin Power & Utilities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 26.50% compared to Algonquin Power & Utilities' net margin of -39.12%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity of 9.00% beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás26.50% 9.00% 3.82%
Algonquin Power & Utilities -39.12%5.22%1.88%

2.6% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Algonquin Power & Utilities had 7 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities and 7 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. Algonquin Power & Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' score of 0.31 indicating that Algonquin Power & Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Algonquin Power & Utilities
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has higher revenue and earnings than Algonquin Power & Utilities. Algonquin Power & Utilities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás$41.88B0.40$977.82M$0.769.80
Algonquin Power & Utilities$2.37B1.78$28.67M-$1.55-3.54

Algonquin Power & Utilities has a consensus target price of $6.03, indicating a potential upside of 9.85%. Given Algonquin Power & Utilities' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Algonquin Power & Utilities is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00
Algonquin Power & Utilities
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27

Summary

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás and Algonquin Power & Utilities tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AQN vs. The Competition

MetricAlgonquin Power & UtilitiesElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.21B$14.67B$16.26B$19.31B
Dividend Yield4.74%5.00%5.72%3.83%
P/E Ratio-4.2519.7020.4234.57
Price / Sales1.7815.8422.9734.96
Price / Cash4.0710.0718.6817.51
Price / Book0.592.362.104.69
Net Income$28.67M$690.28M$674.16M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.09%-0.64%1.49%-1.82%
1 Month Performance1.67%10.61%2.77%7.40%
1 Year Performance-17.08%41.56%7.50%4.07%

Algonquin Power & Utilities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AQN
Algonquin Power & Utilities
3.121 of 5 stars
$5.49
+0.1%
$6.03
+9.8%
-17.6%$4.21B$2.37B-4.253,440Analyst Downgrade
EBR
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás
2.0981 of 5 stars
$7.55
-1.7%
N/A-0.8%$16.96B$40.18B9.2112,100News Coverage
Earnings Report
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.2169 of 5 stars
$59.52
-3.6%
$63.55
+6.8%
+18.7%$15.29B$3.98B22.133,130News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
EVRG
Evergy
4.1589 of 5 stars
$65.35
-1.9%
$70.92
+8.5%
+19.2%$15.03B$5.85B17.664,510Positive News
WES
Western Midstream Partners
1.4832 of 5 stars
$38.24
+3.0%
$38.33
+0.2%
-0.2%$14.58B$3.61B9.751,220News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SBS
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
1.7638 of 5 stars
$20.02
-2.8%
N/A+39.5%$13.68B$36.15B7.8812,500Analyst Downgrade
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.1909 of 5 stars
$9.55
-1.0%
N/A+44.9%$12.26B$92.58T4.4248,800News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
TLN
Talen Energy
1.3867 of 5 stars
$236.62
+5.1%
$240.18
+1.5%
+118.3%$10.77B$2.07B12.674,981Positive News
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.8643 of 5 stars
$39.02
-4.3%
$43.50
+11.5%
-1.2%$10.75B$2.09B19.513,210Positive News
DTM
DT Midstream
4.202 of 5 stars
$100.26
-1.0%
$108.27
+8.0%
+53.5%$10.19B$1.04B24.39360News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ELPC
Companhia Paranaense de Energia
N/A$7.79
-3.0%
N/A+18.0%$8.33B$22.65B11.136,320

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