BLX vs. KEY, BNC, SII, HUT, VBNK, PTS, WED, BITF, ML, and WFC
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), Points.com (PTS), Westaim (WED), Bitfarms (BITF), Millennial Lithium (ML), and Wall Financial (WFC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Boralex vs.
Boralex (TSE:BLX) and Keyera (TSE:KEY) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
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.
Boralex pays an annual dividend of C$0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Keyera pays an annual dividend of C$2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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.
Keyera received 151 more outperform votes than Boralex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.64% of users gave Boralex an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave Keyera an outperform vote.
Boralex presently has a consensus target price of C$40.25, indicating a potential upside of 31.45%. Keyera has a consensus target price of C$44.69, indicating a potential upside of 4.45%. Given Boralex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Boralex is more favorable than Keyera.
58.3% of Boralex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of Keyera shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Boralex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Keyera shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Boralex has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keyera has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Keyera had 1 more articles in the media than Boralex. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Keyera and 6 mentions for Boralex. Boralex's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Keyera's score of -0.40 indicating that Boralex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Keyera beats Boralex on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BLX) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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