BEP.UN vs. CPX, TA, MXG, FTS, H, BIP.UN, EMA, 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), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), Emera (EMA), 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
Brookfield Renewable Partners (TSE:BEP.UN) and Capital Power (TSE:CPX) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Capital Power has a consensus price target of C$63.11, suggesting a potential upside of 15.50%. Given Capital Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Capital Power is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable Partners.
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.
In the previous week, Capital Power had 2 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Capital Power and 1 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Capital Power's score of 0.00 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
Capital Power beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 13 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 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
