BLX vs. KEY, BNC, SII, HUT, VBNK, WFC, PTS, WED, BITF, and ML
Should you be buying Boralex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boralex include Keyera (KEY), Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF (BNC), Sprott (SII), Hut 8 (HUT), VersaBank (VBNK), Wall Financial (WFC), Points.com (PTS), Westaim (WED), Bitfarms (BITF), and Millennial Lithium (ML). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Boralex vs.
Keyera (TSE:KEY) and Boralex (TSE:BLX) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
44.0% of Keyera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.3% of Boralex shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Keyera shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Boralex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Keyera presently has a consensus price target of C$46.91, suggesting a potential upside of 11.69%. Boralex has a consensus price target of C$39.38, suggesting a potential upside of 21.72%. Given Boralex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boralex is more favorable than Keyera.
Boralex has a net margin of 7.55% compared to Keyera's net margin of 5.97%. Keyera's return on equity of 16.05% beat Boralex's return on equity.
Keyera has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boralex has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Keyera pays an annual dividend of C$2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Boralex pays an annual dividend of C$0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Keyera pays out 107.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Boralex pays out 96.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Keyera received 151 more outperform votes than Boralex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.56% of users gave Boralex an outperform vote while only 55.82% of users gave Keyera an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Keyera and Keyera both had 3 articles in the media. Boralex's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Keyera's score of 0.66 indicating that Boralex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Keyera has higher revenue and earnings than Boralex. Keyera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boralex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Keyera and Boralex tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BLX) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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