ACO.X vs. BIP.UN, CU, ACO.Y, JE, EMA, BEP.UN, CPX, BEPC, BIPC, and NPI
Should you be buying ATCO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATCO include Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), Canadian Utilities (CU), ATCO (ACO.Y), Just Energy Group (JE), Emera (EMA), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), Capital Power (CPX), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), and Northland Power (NPI). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
ATCO vs. Its Competitors
ATCO (TSE:ACO.X) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (TSE:BIP.UN) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
ATCO has a beta of 0.349556, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.847623, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ATCO has a net margin of 8.16% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of -0.09%. ATCO's return on equity of 8.54% beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity.
In the previous week, ATCO had 3 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ATCO and 1 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. ATCO's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' score of 0.20 indicating that ATCO is being referred to more favorably in the media.
23.5% of ATCO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of ATCO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ATCO has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. ATCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ATCO presently has a consensus target price of C$56.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.97%. Given ATCO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ATCO is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.
ATCO pays an annual dividend of C$1.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. ATCO pays out 50.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out 3,340.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ATCO is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
ATCO beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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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This page (TSE:ACO.X) was last updated on 10/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
