ACO.X vs. CU, BLX, TA, CPX, SPB, BIPC, BEPC, AQN, NPI, and INE
Should you be buying ATCO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATCO include Canadian Utilities (CU), Boralex (BLX), TransAlta (TA), Capital Power (CPX), Superior Plus (SPB), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Northland Power (NPI), and Innergex Renewable Energy (INE). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
ATCO (TSE:ACO.X) and Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Canadian Utilities had 5 more articles in the media than ATCO. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Canadian Utilities and 7 mentions for ATCO. Canadian Utilities' average media sentiment score of -0.19 beat ATCO's score of -0.37 indicating that Canadian Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ATCO pays an annual dividend of C$1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. ATCO pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Utilities pays out 77.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Canadian Utilities received 220 more outperform votes than ATCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.81% of users gave Canadian Utilities an outperform vote while only 46.46% of users gave ATCO an outperform vote.
ATCO has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Utilities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ATCO. 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 presently has a consensus price target of C$45.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.14%. Canadian Utilities has a consensus price target of C$35.29, indicating a potential upside of 15.16%. Given ATCO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ATCO is more favorable than Canadian Utilities.
Canadian Utilities has a net margin of 18.63% compared to ATCO's net margin of 9.11%. Canadian Utilities' return on equity of 10.08% beat ATCO's return on equity.
28.8% of ATCO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.4% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of ATCO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.2% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Canadian Utilities beats ATCO on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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