BEP vs. OGE, SWX, UGI, MDU, NFG, IDA, PNW, BIPC, AQN, and ENIC
Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable Partners include OGE Energy (OGE), Southwest Gas (SWX), UGI (UGI), MDU Resources Group (MDU), National Fuel Gas (NFG), IDACORP (IDA), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), and Enel Chile (ENIC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) and OGE Energy (NYSE:OGE) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
OGE Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OGE Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brookfield Renewable Partners received 160 more outperform votes than OGE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.41% of users gave Brookfield Renewable Partners an outperform vote while only 51.14% of users gave OGE Energy an outperform vote.
Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. OGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -421.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OGE Energy pays out 80.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
OGE Energy has a net margin of 15.59% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of 12.23%. OGE Energy's return on equity of 9.37% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.
Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OGE Energy has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of OGE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of OGE Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, OGE Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for OGE Energy and 3 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat OGE Energy's score of 0.58 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brookfield Renewable Partners presently has a consensus target price of $30.60, suggesting a potential upside of 52.47%. OGE Energy has a consensus target price of $33.40, suggesting a potential upside of 1.64%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than OGE Energy.
Summary
Brookfield Renewable Partners beats OGE Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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