XIFR vs. TAC, NWE, PAM, TGS, USAC, KGS, RNW, EE, KEN, and CTRI
Should you be buying XPLR Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPLR Infrastructure include TransAlta (TAC), NorthWestern (NWE), Pampa Energia (PAM), Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B (TGS), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), ReNew Energy Global (RNW), Excelerate Energy (EE), Kenon (KEN), and Centuri (CTRI). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
XPLR Infrastructure vs. Its Competitors
XPLR Infrastructure (NYSE:XIFR) and TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
XPLR Infrastructure has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransAlta has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TransAlta has a net margin of -6.79% compared to XPLR Infrastructure's net margin of -12.94%. XPLR Infrastructure's return on equity of 1.86% beat TransAlta's return on equity.
In the previous week, XPLR Infrastructure had 2 more articles in the media than TransAlta. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for XPLR Infrastructure and 1 mentions for TransAlta. TransAlta's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat XPLR Infrastructure's score of 0.34 indicating that TransAlta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
66.0% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of TransAlta shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of TransAlta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
XPLR Infrastructure presently has a consensus price target of $16.92, suggesting a potential upside of 73.93%. TransAlta has a consensus price target of $19.88, suggesting a potential upside of 47.39%. Given XPLR Infrastructure's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe XPLR Infrastructure is more favorable than TransAlta.
TransAlta has higher revenue and earnings than XPLR Infrastructure. TransAlta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPLR Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TransAlta beats XPLR Infrastructure on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:XIFR) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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