ENB vs. BEP, BEPC, D, EPD, ET, KMI, MO, O, OKE, and WMB
Should you be buying Enbridge stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enbridge include Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Dominion Energy (D), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Altria Group (MO), Realty Income (O), ONEOK (OKE), and Williams Companies (WMB).
Enbridge vs. Its Competitors
Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Enbridge has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Enbridge pays out 135.0% 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 pays out -156.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enbridge has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and 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 lower payout ratio.
54.6% of Enbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enbridge shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Enbridge has a net margin of 10.11% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of 2.28%. Enbridge's return on equity of 10.77% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.
Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enbridge presently has a consensus price target of $60.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.93%. Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus price target of $30.11, suggesting a potential upside of 19.06%. Given Enbridge's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable Partners.
In the previous week, Enbridge had 27 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Enbridge and 7 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Enbridge's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of 1.11 indicating that Enbridge is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Enbridge beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ENB) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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