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$5.80 +0.10 (+1.77%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:32 PM Eastern
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AQN vs. EBR, LNT, EVRG, WES, SBS, KEP, TLN, DTM, WTRG, and ELPC

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

Algonquin Power & Utilities vs. Its Competitors

Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (NYSE:EBR) and Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE:AQN) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays out -16.8% 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 El�tricas Brasileiras has a net margin of 23.69% compared to Algonquin Power & Utilities' net margin of -48.78%. Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras' return on equity of 8.14% beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras23.69% 8.14% 3.46%
Algonquin Power & Utilities -48.78%4.74%1.73%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras$7.45B2.29$1.92B$0.769.97
Algonquin Power & Utilities$2.32B1.92-$1.38B-$1.55-3.74

Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Algonquin Power & Utilities has a consensus target price of $6.31, indicating a potential upside of 8.82%. Given Algonquin Power & Utilities' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Algonquin Power & Utilities is more favorable than Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras
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)
12 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

2.6% of Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Algonquin Power & Utilities had 10 more articles in the media than Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities and 0 mentions for Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras. Algonquin Power & Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras' score of 0.00 indicating that Algonquin Power & Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras Neutral
Algonquin Power & Utilities Neutral

Summary

Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras beats Algonquin Power & Utilities on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AQN vs. The Competition

MetricAlgonquin Power & UtilitiesUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.45B$24.28B$15.88B$20.64B
Dividend Yield4.63%3.73%5.59%3.74%
P/E Ratio-3.7435.6120.4528.09
Price / Sales1.924.0829.0554.25
Price / Cash6.178.8519.1222.31
Price / Book0.742.232.164.59
Net Income-$1.38B$1.41B$751.09M$986.06M
7 Day Performance1.35%1.89%1.19%2.78%
1 Month Performance-2.01%3.34%3.37%5.41%
1 Year Performance-3.32%24.18%16.84%14.61%

Algonquin Power & Utilities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AQN
Algonquin Power & Utilities
4.2462 of 5 stars
$5.80
+1.8%
$6.31
+8.8%
-3.2%$4.45B$2.32B-3.743,786Positive News
EBR
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras
1.4417 of 5 stars
$7.27
+0.6%
N/A+11.5%$16.32B$7.45B9.567,710
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.3781 of 5 stars
$61.34
+1.3%
$63.95
+4.3%
+21.4%$15.76B$3.98B21.152,998Positive News
EVRG
Evergy
4.0626 of 5 stars
$68.47
+1.9%
$73.19
+6.9%
+33.7%$15.75B$5.89B18.024,731
WES
Western Midstream Partners
2.2186 of 5 stars
$38.68
+0.3%
$39.83
+3.0%
-5.7%$14.75B$3.61B11.551,511
SBS
Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp
1.5299 of 5 stars
$20.61
-0.7%
N/A+51.2%$14.08B$6.70B7.6910,552
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.8625 of 5 stars
$10.36
-3.4%
N/A+86.1%$13.30B$68.46B5.1848,440High Trading Volume
TLN
Talen Energy
0.7298 of 5 stars
$291.59
+1.0%
$246.33
-15.5%
+145.9%$13.27B$2.12B30.281,894
DTM
DT Midstream
3.0688 of 5 stars
$106.39
+0.1%
$109.27
+2.7%
+50.7%$10.81B$981M28.99360News Coverage
Positive News
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.8478 of 5 stars
$38.03
+1.8%
$43.50
+14.4%
+0.1%$10.66B$2.09B17.053,291News Coverage
ELPC
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel
N/A$8.43
+0.3%
N/A+39.3%$9.01B$4.20B12.046,320

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