ACO.X vs. CU, ACO.Y, JE, BIP.UN, EMA, BEP.UN, CPX, BIPC, 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), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), and TransAlta (TA). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
ATCO vs.
ATCO (TSE:ACO.X) and Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.
ATCO pays an annual dividend of C$1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. ATCO pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Utilities pays out 91.4% 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 has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Canadian Utilities had 22 more articles in the media than ATCO. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Canadian Utilities and 1 mentions for ATCO. ATCO's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Canadian Utilities' score of 0.52 indicating that ATCO is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Utilities received 217 more outperform votes than ATCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.15% of users gave Canadian Utilities an outperform vote while only 45.61% of users gave ATCO an outperform vote.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of Canadian Utilities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Utilities has a net margin of 16.43% compared to ATCO's net margin of 8.16%. Canadian Utilities' return on equity of 8.72% beat ATCO's return on equity.
ATCO currently has a consensus target price of C$51.10, indicating a potential upside of 12.14%. Canadian Utilities has a consensus target price of C$36.80, indicating a potential upside of 9.62%. Given ATCO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ATCO is more favorable than Canadian Utilities.
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.
Summary
ATCO and Canadian Utilities tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ACO.X) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
