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NYSE:HNP

Huaneng Power International - HNP Competitors

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Today's Range
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50-Day Range
$16.82
$21.51
52-Week Range
N/A
Volume
3,518 shs
Average Volume
23,754 shs
Market Capitalization
$8.44 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
4.56%
Price Target
N/A

HNP vs. BEP, PNW, VST, NRG, KEP, OGE, HNPIY, EBR, AQN, and IDA

Should you be buying Huaneng Power International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huaneng Power International include Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Vistra (VST), NRG Energy (NRG), Korea Electric Power (KEP), OGE Energy (OGE), Huaneng Power International (HNPIY), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), and IDACORP (IDA). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

Huaneng Power International vs.

Huaneng Power International (NYSE:HNP) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Huaneng Power International has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Brookfield Renewable Partners received 247 more outperform votes than Huaneng Power International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.59% of users gave Brookfield Renewable Partners an outperform vote while only 48.01% of users gave Huaneng Power International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Huaneng Power InternationalOutperform Votes
193
48.01%
Underperform Votes
209
51.99%
Brookfield Renewable PartnersOutperform Votes
440
62.59%
Underperform Votes
263
37.41%

Huaneng Power International pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Huaneng Power International pays out -14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -225.0% 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 Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus target price of $38.44, indicating a potential upside of 25.19%.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Huaneng Power International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Brookfield Renewable Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Brookfield Renewable Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Huaneng Power International. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huaneng Power International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Huaneng Power International$32.09 billion0.00-$1.65 billion-$6.60N/A
Brookfield Renewable Partners$4.71 billion1.80-$93 million-$0.60-51.18

Brookfield Renewable Partners has a net margin of 2.93% compared to Huaneng Power International's net margin of -6.60%. Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity of 0.60% beat Huaneng Power International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Huaneng Power International -6.60% -10.78% -3.10%
Brookfield Renewable Partners 2.93% 0.60% 0.23%

In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable Partners had 7 more articles in the media than Huaneng Power International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners and 0 mentions for Huaneng Power International. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Huaneng Power International's score of 0.00 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Huaneng Power International Neutral
Brookfield Renewable Partners Positive

0.5% of Huaneng Power International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.6% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Brookfield Renewable Partners beats Huaneng Power International on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HNP vs. The Competition

MetricHuaneng Power InternationalElectric Services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.44B$12.23B$13.23B$14.44B
Dividend Yield4.56%4.09%3.75%3.92%
P/E Ratio-3.2621.72107.3722.68
Price / SalesN/A11.451,107.8010.89
Price / Cash4.738.3525.0216.41
Price / BookN/A1.381.896.83
Net Income-$1.65B$261.15M$355.97M$867.88M

Huaneng Power International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEP
Brookfield Renewable Partners
2.8165 of 5 stars
$30.71
+1.8%
$40.00
+30.3%
-23.9%$8.46B$4.71B-51.183,400Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
2.298 of 5 stars
$78.45
+1.1%
$73.73
-6.0%
+1.1%$8.88B$4.32B18.375,861Positive News
VST
Vistra
3.0489 of 5 stars
$23.51
+0.7%
$33.00
+40.4%
+1.6%$8.97B$13.73B-7.324,910Insider Buying
NRG
NRG Energy
2.217 of 5 stars
$33.18
+1.7%
$41.00
+23.6%
-13.0%$7.71B$31.54B6.566,603
KEP
Korea Electric Power
0 of 5 stars
$7.27
+1.4%
N/A-23.0%$9.33B$55.15B-0.4948,809Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
OGE
OGE Energy
2.1159 of 5 stars
$36.99
+2.2%
$39.00
+5.4%
-8.6%$7.41B$3.38B11.182,237Analyst Downgrade
HNPIY
Huaneng Power International
0 of 5 stars
$18.56
flat
N/AN/A$7.28B$32.09B-2.8157,513
EBR
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás
3.0003 of 5 stars
$6.48
flat
$70.00
+980.2%
-16.7%$10.17B$6.60B9.3912,126Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
AQN
Algonquin Power & Utilities
2.4083 of 5 stars
$8.25
+3.0%
$9.86
+19.5%
-47.0%$5.68B$2.77B-25.783,951
IDA
IDACORP
2.2153 of 5 stars
$107.42
+1.2%
$110.00
+2.4%
-6.5%$5.43B$1.64B21.022,070
This page (NYSE:HNP) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff