Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP) Competitors

Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BAM or BEP?

68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BAM or BEP more profitable?

Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 55.92% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of 2.28%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 41.12% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	55.92%	41.12%	25.47%
Brookfield Renewable Partners	2.28%	0.44%	0.16%

Which has more risk & volatility, BAM or BEP?

Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend BAM or BEP?

Brookfield Asset Management presently has a consensus price target of $63.52, suggesting a potential upside of 9.84%. Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.16%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than Brookfield Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Asset Management	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Brookfield Renewable Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media prefer BAM or BEP?

In the previous week, Brookfield Asset Management had 9 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management and 3 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of 0.83 indicating that Brookfield Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Asset Management	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield Renewable Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BAM or BEP a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 117.4% 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 Renewable Partners pays out -156.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Asset Management has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Brookfield Renewable Partners has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Brookfield Renewable Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation and earnings, BAM or BEP?

Brookfield Asset Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Asset Management	$3.98B	23.79	$541M	$1.49	38.81
Brookfield Renewable Partners	$5.88B	1.28	-$181M	-$0.95	-27.91

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.