CPXWF vs. CUPUF, CWEN.A, ELEZY, EQUEY, HRNNF, MCPB, RGPCF, SFDPF, TERRF, and KAEPY
Should you be buying Capital Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital Power include Caribbean Utilities (CUPUF), Clearway Energy (CWEN.A), Endesa (ELEZY), Equatorial Energia (EQUEY), Hydro One (HRNNF), Mt. Carmel Public Utility (MCPB), Ratch Group Public (RGPCF), Spark Infrastructure Group (SFDPF), Terna - Rete Elettrica Nazionale Società per Azioni (TERRF), and Kansai Electric Power (KAEPY). These companies are all part of the "utilities - regulated electric" industry.
Capital Power vs.
Capital Power (OTCMKTS:CPXWF) and Caribbean Utilities (OTCMKTS:CUPUF) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.
Caribbean Utilities received 20 more outperform votes than Capital Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.71% of users gave Caribbean Utilities an outperform vote while only 32.50% of users gave Capital Power an outperform vote.
Capital Power pays an annual dividend of $1.2850 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Caribbean Utilities pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Capital Power pays out 136.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Caribbean Utilities pays out 94.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Caribbean Utilities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Capital Power had 2 more articles in the media than Caribbean Utilities. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Capital Power and 0 mentions for Caribbean Utilities. Caribbean Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Capital Power's score of -0.50 indicating that Caribbean Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
29.4% of Capital Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Caribbean Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Caribbean Utilities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital Power presently has a consensus price target of $52.56, suggesting a potential upside of 71.16%. Given Capital Power's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Capital Power is more favorable than Caribbean Utilities.
Summary
Capital Power and Caribbean Utilities tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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