BEP.UN vs. CPX, TA, MXG, FTS, H, BIP.UN, EMA, CU, BEPC, and BIPC
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), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), and Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Capital Power has a beta of 0.467681, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 1.241818, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Capital Power pays out 83.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -151.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Capital Power. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners and 0 mentions for Capital Power. Capital Power's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of 0.55 indicating that Capital Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.
25.0% of Capital Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Capital Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Capital Power currently has a consensus target price of C$65.78, suggesting a potential upside of 15.74%. Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus target price of C$42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.27%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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 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 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 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
