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Boralex (BLX) Competitors

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C$29.10 -0.19 (-0.65%)
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BLX vs. KEY, BNC, HUT, SII, BITF, PTS, WFC, VBNK, WED, 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), Hut 8 (HUT), Sprott (SII), Bitfarms (BITF), Points.com (PTS), Wall Financial (WFC), VersaBank (VBNK), Westaim (WED), and Millennial Lithium (ML). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Boralex vs. Its Competitors

Boralex (TSE:BLX) and Keyera (TSE:KEY) are both banking companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Boralex had 1 more articles in the media than Keyera. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Boralex and 2 mentions for Keyera. Boralex's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Keyera's score of 0.70 indicating that Boralex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Boralex
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Keyera
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Boralex pays an annual dividend of C$0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Keyera pays an annual dividend of C$2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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 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 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Boralex7.55% 4.29% 2.54%
Keyera 5.97%16.05%6.15%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BoralexC$952.11M3.18C$71.91MC$0.6842.66
KeyeraC$7.53B1.36C$449.23MC$1.9422.86

Boralex presently has a consensus price target of C$39.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.02%. Keyera has a consensus price target of C$50.92, indicating a potential upside of 14.81%. Given Boralex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Boralex is more favorable than Keyera.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Boralex
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
Keyera
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

58.3% of Boralex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of Keyera shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Boralex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Keyera shares are owned 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.

Boralex has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keyera has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Keyera beats Boralex on 10 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

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BLX vs. The Competition

MetricBoralexUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$3.03BC$1.69BC$16.15BC$6.40B
Dividend Yield2.54%5.73%5.49%6.72%
P/E Ratio42.6610.1215.3566.88
Price / Sales3.183,940.03367.161,650.19
Price / Cash6.3642.3619.1383.29
Price / Book1.481.392.175.33
Net IncomeC$71.91MC$289.63MC$751.26MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-1.56%-0.51%0.20%4.06%
1 Month Performance-7.77%0.06%0.48%4.78%
1 Year Performance-12.27%1,814.44%332.22%32.70%

Boralex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLX
Boralex
2.9044 of 5 stars
C$29.10
-0.6%
C$39.00
+34.0%
-12.1%C$3.03BC$952.11M42.66180Dividend Announcement
KEY
Keyera
2.7346 of 5 stars
C$45.38
-0.2%
C$50.92
+12.2%
+12.9%C$10.45BC$7.53B23.3917,500
BNC
Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF
N/AC$30.00
+0.6%
N/A+15.6%C$9.11BN/A0.00206,500
HUT
Hut 8
N/AC$32.49
+0.6%
N/A+140.9%C$2.16BC$142.55M7.95219News Coverage
Positive News
SII
Sprott
N/AC$89.81
-0.6%
C$88.33
-1.6%
+58.1%C$1.61BC$114.38M35.00170
BITF
Bitfarms
2.0455 of 5 stars
C$1.71
-2.8%
C$3.75
+119.3%
-38.4%C$599.73MC$159.92M-3.85110News Coverage
PTS
Points.com
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$480.57MC$432.40M169.26240,000
WFC
Wall Financial
N/AC$14.95
-2.0%
N/A-32.0%C$479.83MC$193.65M19.32238,000
VBNK
VersaBank
2.6474 of 5 stars
C$14.70
-2.1%
C$19.00
+29.3%
-13.4%C$475.70MC$248.46M9.56100
WED
Westaim
0.0497 of 5 stars
C$28.50
-0.9%
C$7.75
-72.8%
+601.8%C$421.06MC$10.20M64.483,240
ML
Millennial Lithium
N/AC$4.04
+2.0%
N/A+0.0%C$395.36MN/A-20.20560Gap Down

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