Free Trial

Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN) Competitors

Algonquin Power & Utilities logo
$6.00 -0.03 (-0.42%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$6.00 +0.00 (+0.08%)
As of 07/25/2025 07:13 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

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

Should you be buying Algonquin Power & Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algonquin Power & Utilities include Korea Electric Power (KEP), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Talen Energy (TLN), Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS), Essential Utilities (WTRG), DT Midstream (DTM), and Oklo (OKLO). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Algonquin Power & Utilities vs. Its Competitors

Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE:AQN) and Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Algonquin Power & Utilities currently has a consensus price target of $6.31, suggesting a potential upside of 5.30%. Given Algonquin Power & Utilities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Algonquin Power & Utilities is more favorable than Korea Electric Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Algonquin Power & Utilities
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Korea Electric Power
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Algonquin Power & Utilities had 2 more articles in the media than Korea Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities and 2 mentions for Korea Electric Power. Algonquin Power & Utilities' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Korea Electric Power's score of 1.31 indicating that Algonquin Power & Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Algonquin Power & Utilities
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Korea Electric Power
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Algonquin Power & Utilities pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Korea Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays out -16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Korea Electric Power pays out 1.7% 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.

62.3% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Korea Electric Power has a net margin of 5.53% compared to Algonquin Power & Utilities' net margin of -48.78%. Korea Electric Power's return on equity of 13.16% beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Algonquin Power & Utilities-48.78% 4.74% 1.73%
Korea Electric Power 5.53%13.16%2.18%

Korea Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Algonquin Power & Utilities. Algonquin Power & Utilities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Korea Electric Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Algonquin Power & Utilities$2.32B1.98-$1.38B-$1.55-3.87
Korea Electric Power$68.46B0.26$2.44B$2.924.76

Summary

Korea Electric Power beats Algonquin Power & Utilities on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Algonquin Power & Utilities News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AQN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AQN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

AQN vs. The Competition

MetricAlgonquin Power & UtilitiesUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.61B$25.09B$16.19B$21.21B
Dividend Yield4.39%3.69%5.34%3.60%
P/E Ratio-3.8734.8720.3628.45
Price / Sales1.984.25207.9760.42
Price / Cash6.508.9419.0923.19
Price / Book0.772.262.164.68
Net Income-$1.38B$1.43B$751.46M$995.03M
7 Day Performance1.27%1.95%0.90%1.65%
1 Month Performance4.72%3.29%22.52%4.54%
1 Year Performance-3.46%19.16%174.89%10.00%

Algonquin Power & Utilities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AQN
Algonquin Power & Utilities
3.7708 of 5 stars
$6.00
-0.4%
$6.31
+5.3%
-2.3%$4.61B$2.32B-3.873,786Positive News
Analyst Revision
KEP
Korea Electric Power
2.6466 of 5 stars
$13.51
+3.5%
N/A+95.8%$17.34B$93.51T4.6348,440Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.1523 of 5 stars
$64.56
+0.7%
$64.23
-0.5%
+16.3%$16.58B$3.98B22.262,998Positive News
Dividend Announcement
EVRG
Evergy
3.1517 of 5 stars
$69.06
+0.2%
$74.06
+7.2%
+23.9%$15.89B$5.85B18.174,731Positive News
Analyst Revision
EBR
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras
1.1378 of 5 stars
$7.02
+0.6%
N/A+3.7%$15.79B$41.88B9.237,710
WES
Western Midstream Partners
1.6667 of 5 stars
$39.37
-2.7%
$39.83
+1.2%
+1.9%$15.01B$3.61B11.751,511Dividend Announcement
TLN
Talen Energy
1.5521 of 5 stars
$310.14
-5.6%
$289.92
-6.5%
N/A$14.11B$2.12B32.211,894News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SBS
Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp
1.8777 of 5 stars
$19.90
+0.8%
N/A+24.8%$13.60B$6.70B7.4310,552Positive News
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.8874 of 5 stars
$37.43
+0.1%
$43.50
+16.2%
-8.8%$10.49B$2.09B16.783,291News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
DTM
DT Midstream
2.5839 of 5 stars
$99.96
-4.2%
$109.27
+9.3%
+34.7%$10.15B$981M27.24360News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OKLO
Oklo
1.9306 of 5 stars
$62.59
-9.3%
$60.25
-3.7%
+796.2%$8.73BN/A-11.5778Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:AQN) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners