Hydro One (HRNNF) Competitors

Capital Power (OTCMKTS:CPXWF) and Hydro One (OTCMKTS:HRNNF) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CPXWF or HRNNF?

Hydro One received 25 more outperform votes than Capital Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.13% of users gave Hydro One an outperform vote while only 30.59% of users gave Capital Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital Power	Outperform Votes 26 30.59%	Underperform Votes 59 69.41%
Hydro One	Outperform Votes 51 53.13%	Underperform Votes 45 46.88%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CPXWF or HRNNF?

29.4% of Capital Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CPXWF or HRNNF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Power	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.94	35.63
Hydro One	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is CPXWF or HRNNF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Power	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hydro One	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend CPXWF or HRNNF?

Capital Power presently has a consensus target price of $53.50, suggesting a potential upside of 59.70%. Hydro One has a consensus target price of $37.81, suggesting a potential upside of 33.69%. Given Capital Power's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Capital Power is more favorable than Hydro One.

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
Hydro One	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor CPXWF or HRNNF?

In the previous week, Hydro One had 1 more articles in the media than Capital Power. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hydro One and 1 mentions for Capital Power. Capital Power's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Hydro One's score of 0.84 indicating that Capital Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capital Power	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hydro One	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Capital Power and Hydro One tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.