ACO.X vs. CU, ACO.Y, JE, BIP.UN, EMA, BEP.UN, CPX, NPI, BEPC, and TA
Should you be buying ATCO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATCO include Canadian Utilities (CU), ATCO (ACO.Y), Just Energy Group (JE), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), Emera (EMA), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), Capital Power (CPX), Northland Power (NPI), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), and TransAlta (TA). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
ATCO vs. Its Competitors
ATCO (TSE:ACO.X) and Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
ATCO has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ATCO has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Utilities. ATCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ATCO pays an annual dividend of C$1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. ATCO pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Utilities pays out 97.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
28.4% of ATCO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Canadian Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of ATCO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of Canadian Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Canadian Utilities had 7 more articles in the media than ATCO. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Canadian Utilities and 1 mentions for ATCO. ATCO's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Canadian Utilities' score of 0.66 indicating that ATCO is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ATCO currently has a consensus price target of C$53.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.41%. Canadian Utilities has a consensus price target of C$38.83, suggesting a potential downside of 0.02%. Given ATCO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ATCO is more favorable than Canadian Utilities.
Canadian Utilities has a net margin of 13.41% compared to ATCO's net margin of 8.16%. ATCO's return on equity of 8.54% beat Canadian Utilities' return on equity.
Summary
ATCO beats Canadian Utilities on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ACO.X) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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