ATCO (ACO.Y) Competitors

ATCO (TSE:ACO.Y) and Just Energy Group (TSE:JE) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.

Does the media favor ACO.Y or JE?

In the previous week, ATCO had 1 more articles in the media than Just Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ATCO and 0 mentions for Just Energy Group. ATCO's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Just Energy Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ATCO	Neutral
Just Energy Group	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ACO.Y or JE?

ATCO has higher revenue and earnings than Just Energy Group. Just Energy Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATCO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ATCO	C$4.71B	0.14	C$385M	C$3.42	15.06
Just Energy Group	C$2.46B	0.00	-C$485.26M	-C$10.09	N/A

Is ACO.Y or JE more profitable?

ATCO has a net margin of 8.16% compared to Just Energy Group's net margin of 0.00%. ATCO's return on equity of 8.54% beat Just Energy Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ATCO	8.16%	8.54%	2.95%
Just Energy Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ACO.Y or JE?

Just Energy Group received 188 more outperform votes than ATCO when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.71% of users gave ATCO an outperform vote while only 47.16% of users gave Just Energy Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ATCO	Outperform Votes 69 65.71%	Underperform Votes 36 34.29%
Just Energy Group	Outperform Votes 257 47.16%	Underperform Votes 288 52.84%

Summary

ATCO beats Just Energy Group on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.