BEPC vs. LNT, EVRG, WES, SBS, KEP, TLN, WTRG, DTM, ELPC, and KNTK
Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable include Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Talen Energy (TLN), Essential Utilities (WTRG), DT Midstream (DTM), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC), and Kinetik (KNTK). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Brookfield Renewable vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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This page (NYSE:BEPC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff