BEP.UN vs. CPX, TA, MXG, FTS, H, EMA, BIP.UN, CU, NPI, and ACO.X
Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable Partners include Capital Power (CPX), TransAlta (TA), Maxim Power (MXG), Fortis (FTS), Hydro One (H), Emera (EMA), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), Canadian Utilities (CU), Northland Power (NPI), and ATCO (ACO.X). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Brookfield Renewable Partners vs. Its Competitors
Capital Power (TSE:CPX) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (TSE:BEP.UN) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
19.1% of Capital Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Capital Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Capital Power has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable Partners had 4 more articles in the media than Capital Power. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners and 0 mentions for Capital Power. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Capital Power's score of 0.00 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capital Power currently has a consensus price target of C$65.78, suggesting a potential upside of 8.20%. Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus price target of C$42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.15%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than Capital Power.
Capital Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Capital Power pays out 62.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -219.5% 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 Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Capital Power has a net margin of 15.53% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of -4.20%. Capital Power's return on equity of 15.16% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.
Summary
Capital Power beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:BEP.UN) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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