Brookfield Renewable (BEPC) Competitors

Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is BEPC or LNT a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy pays out 70.0% 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Brookfield Renewable is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BEPC or LNT?

Alliant Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliant Energy, 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 Renewable	$3.92B	1.03	$236M	-$999.66	-0.03
Alliant Energy	$4.08B	3.86	$703M	$2.90	21.11

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BEPC or LNT?

75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BEPC or LNT more profitable?

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 17.33% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of -0.15%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 11.39% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Renewable	-0.15%	-0.06%	-0.02%
Alliant Energy	17.33%	11.39%	3.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BEPC or LNT?

Alliant Energy received 14 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.13% of users gave Brookfield Renewable an outperform vote while only 34.44% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Renewable	Outperform Votes 17 53.13%	Underperform Votes 15 46.88%
Alliant Energy	Outperform Votes 31 34.44%	Underperform Votes 59 65.56%

Does the media refer more to BEPC or LNT?

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 14 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Alliant Energy and 7 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Alliant Energy's score of 1.53 indicating that Brookfield Renewable is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Renewable	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Alliant Energy	15 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer BEPC or LNT?

Brookfield Renewable currently has a consensus price target of $31.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.27%. Alliant Energy has a consensus price target of $63.95, suggesting a potential upside of 4.48%. Given Brookfield Renewable's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Renewable	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Alliant Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Which has more volatility and risk, BEPC or LNT?

Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alliant Energy beats Brookfield Renewable on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.