Capital Power - CPXWF Competitors

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.

Is CPXWF or CUPUF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Power	N/A	N/A	N/A
Caribbean Utilities	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPXWF or CUPUF?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital Power	Outperform Votes 26 32.50%	Underperform Votes 54 67.50%
Caribbean Utilities	Outperform Votes 46 65.71%	Underperform Votes 24 34.29%

Is CPXWF or CUPUF a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the media prefer CPXWF or CUPUF?

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.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Capital Power	Negative
Caribbean Utilities	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CPXWF or CUPUF?

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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CPXWF or CUPUF?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Power	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.94	32.66
Caribbean Utilities	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.70	19.90

Do analysts rate CPXWF or CUPUF?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital Power	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Caribbean Utilities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Capital Power and Caribbean Utilities tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.