BEP.UN vs. CPX, TA, MXG, FTS, H, BIP.UN, EMA, CU, ACO.X, and NPI
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), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), Emera (EMA), Canadian Utilities (CU), ATCO (ACO.X), and Northland Power (NPI). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Brookfield Renewable Partners vs.
Brookfield Renewable Partners (TSE:BEP.UN) and Capital Power (TSE:CPX) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Capital Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Capital Power had 24 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Capital Power and 0 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Capital Power's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Capital Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brookfield Renewable Partners currently has a consensus price target of C$40.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.39%. Capital Power has a consensus price target of C$64.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.74%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than Capital Power.
Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Power has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
65.8% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Capital Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Capital Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Capital Power received 92 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.85% of users gave Brookfield Renewable Partners an outperform vote while only 52.69% of users gave Capital Power an outperform vote.
Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -219.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Power pays out 62.0% 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 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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