ACO.X vs. BIP.UN, CU, ACO.Y, JE, EMA, BEP.UN, CPX, NPI, TA, and BEPC
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), Northland Power (NPI), TransAlta (TA), and Brookfield Renewable (BEPC). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
28.4% of ATCO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of ATCO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ATCO has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ATCO has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATCO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ATCO had 2 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ATCO and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. ATCO's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that ATCO is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
ATCO pays an annual dividend of C$1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. ATCO pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out -1,211.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
ATCO presently has a consensus target price of C$53.08, suggesting a potential upside of 4.47%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus target price of C$34.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.38%. Given ATCO's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ATCO is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.
Summary
ATCO beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 10 of the 16 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 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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