BEP vs. CQP, FTS, EBR, LNT, EVRG, WES, SBS, KEP, TLN, and DTM
Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable Partners include Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), 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), and DT Midstream (DTM). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Brookfield Renewable Partners vs. Its Competitors
Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Cheniere Energy Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cheniere Energy Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cheniere Energy Partners has a net margin of 26.27% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of -0.79%. Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity of -0.15% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.
Cheniere Energy Partners presently has a consensus price target of $55.80, indicating a potential downside of 0.14%. Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus price target of $29.13, indicating a potential upside of 9.47%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners.
46.6% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable Partners had 6 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners and 2 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Cheniere Energy Partners' score of 0.60 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 74.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -147.5% 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. 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 longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Brookfield Renewable Partners beats Cheniere Energy Partners on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BEP) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
