BEPC vs. PPL, EMA, BIPC, TA, AQN, ORA, RNW, UNS, NFG, and ET
Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable include Pembina Pipeline (PPL), Emera (EMA), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), TransAlta (TA), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Aura Minerals (ORA), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Uni-Select (UNS), New Found Gold (NFG), and Evertz Technologies (ET). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Brookfield Renewable vs. Its Competitors
Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) and Brookfield Renewable (TSE:BEPC) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 22 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 2 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Pembina Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Brookfield Renewable's score of 0.00 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the media.
60.5% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 0.683873, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.224419, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of C$1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Pembina Pipeline pays out 93.9% 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 pays out -19.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Pembina Pipeline currently has a consensus price target of C$58.45, indicating a potential upside of 10.08%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.
Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 25.73% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of -16.64%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 12.06% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.
Pembina Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pembina Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pembina Pipeline beats Brookfield Renewable on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:BEPC) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
