AQN vs. BEPC, TA, BIPC, RNW, UNS, ORA, ET, POM, NOU, and NFG
Should you be buying Algonquin Power & Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algonquin Power & Utilities include Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), TransAlta (TA), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Uni-Select (UNS), Aura Minerals (ORA), Evertz Technologies (ET), PolyMet Mining (POM), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), and New Found Gold (NFG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Algonquin Power & Utilities vs. Its Competitors
Algonquin Power & Utilities (TSE:AQN) and Brookfield Renewable (TSE:BEPC) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
Algonquin Power & Utilities presently has a consensus target price of C$6.63, indicating a potential downside of 18.61%. Given Algonquin Power & Utilities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Algonquin Power & Utilities is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.
62.0% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Algonquin Power & Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays out -18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Renewable pays out -96.5% 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 Renewable has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Algonquin Power & Utilities. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Algonquin Power & Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brookfield Renewable has a net margin of -16.64% compared to Algonquin Power & Utilities' net margin of -39.22%. Brookfield Renewable's return on equity of -9.33% beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' return on equity.
In the previous week, Algonquin Power & Utilities had 3 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities and 1 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Algonquin Power & Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Brookfield Renewable's score of 0.07 indicating that Algonquin Power & Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Brookfield Renewable beats Algonquin Power & Utilities on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:AQN) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
