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ATCO (ACO.Y) Competitors

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C$50.51 -0.24 (-0.47%)
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ACO.Y vs. BIP.UN, CU, ACO.X, JE, EMA, BEP.UN, CPX, BEPC, BIPC, and AQN

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.X), Just Energy Group (JE), Emera (EMA), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), Capital Power (CPX), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), and Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

ATCO vs. Its Competitors

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (TSE:BIP.UN) and ATCO (TSE:ACO.Y) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. ATCO pays an annual dividend of C$1.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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 pays out 50.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

44.2% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.7% of ATCO shares are owned by institutional investors. 93.4% of ATCO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

ATCO has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Infrastructure PartnersC$21.54B0.91-C$57MC$0.05844.60
ATCOC$5.08B1.12C$385MC$3.9112.92

In the previous week, ATCO's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that ATCO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Neutral
ATCO Positive

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.861148, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATCO has a beta of 0.779808, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners-0.09% 5.21% 3.18%
ATCO 8.16%8.54%2.95%

Summary

ATCO beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ACO.Y vs. The Competition

MetricATCOUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$5.68BC$14.48BC$16.35BC$9.36B
Dividend Yield3.98%4.26%5.45%6.53%
P/E Ratio12.92187.2651.7825.60
Price / Sales1.1232.8532.429.30
Price / Cash3.8418.3019.0683.29
Price / Book1.262.592.175.40
Net IncomeC$385M-C$1.31BC$751.26MC$301.20M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.32%-0.12%1.80%
1 Month Performance-2.94%2.19%0.26%7.83%
1 Year PerformanceN/A20.61%368.94%39.02%

ATCO Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACO.Y
ATCO
N/AC$50.51
-0.5%
N/A+8.6%C$5.68BC$5.08B12.9220,175News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BIP.UN
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
N/AC$43.14
-1.3%
N/A-0.9%C$20.27BC$21.54B862.8044,000
CU
Canadian Utilities
1.3482 of 5 stars
C$38.23
+0.4%
C$39.20
+2.5%
+10.2%C$10.35BC$3.72B23.319,018
ACO.X
ATCO
2.0124 of 5 stars
C$50.29
+0.9%
C$54.70
+8.8%
+6.8%C$5.62BC$5.08B12.8620,175
JE
Just Energy Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$236.55MC$2.46B-0.491,120
EMA
Emera
1.4933 of 5 stars
C$65.41
+0.7%
C$64.33
-1.6%
+26.4%C$19.45BC$8.23B22.177,120
BEP.UN
Brookfield Renewable Partners
0.6498 of 5 stars
C$34.84
-2.3%
C$42.00
+20.6%
+2.3%C$10.12BC$6.17B-36.29N/ADividend Announcement
CPX
Capital Power
2.3303 of 5 stars
C$57.27
-0.7%
C$65.78
+14.9%
+26.5%C$8.95BC$3.31B18.36737News Coverage
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
N/AC$46.29
-2.3%
N/A+20.6%C$8.51BC$3.89B-6.311,890
BIPC
Brookfield Infrastructure
N/AC$55.30
-1.3%
N/A+1.0%C$6.67BC$3.65B-5.661,700
AQN
Algonquin Power & Utilities
0.556 of 5 stars
C$7.96
-0.4%
C$6.38
-19.9%
+8.2%C$6.14BC$2.38B-4.193,440

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This page (TSE:ACO.Y) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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