BEPC vs. EBR, LNT, EVRG, WES, KEP, SBS, TLN, DTM, WTRG, and ELPC
Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable include Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Talen Energy (TLN), DT Midstream (DTM), Essential Utilities (WTRG), and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Brookfield Renewable vs. Its Competitors
Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) and Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brookfield Renewable presently has a consensus price target of $31.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.20%. Given Brookfield Renewable's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás received 146 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.63% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave Brookfield Renewable an outperform vote.
75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are held 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.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 26.50% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of -0.15%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity of 9.00% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.
In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable had 7 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Brookfield Renewable and 1 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Brookfield Renewable's score of 0.92 indicating that Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -167.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays out 36.8% 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. Brookfield Renewable has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Brookfield Renewable is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás beats Brookfield Renewable on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BEPC) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
