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Capital Power (CPX) Competitors

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C$60.39 -0.09 (-0.15%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

CPX vs. BEP.UN, TA, MXG, FTS, H, BIP.UN, EMA, CU, BEPC, and BIPC

Should you be buying Capital Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital Power include Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), TransAlta (TA), Maxim Power (MXG), Fortis (FTS), Hydro One (H), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), Emera (EMA), Canadian Utilities (CU), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), and Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

Capital Power vs. Its Competitors

Capital Power (TSE:CPX) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (TSE:BEP.UN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Capital Power15.53% 15.16% 5.86%
Brookfield Renewable Partners -4.20%0.46%0.84%

Capital Power currently has a consensus price target of C$65.78, suggesting a potential upside of 8.92%. Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus price target of C$42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.18%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than Capital Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Capital Power
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Brookfield Renewable Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

25.2% of Capital Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Capital Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Capital Power pays out 83.6% 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 Partners pays out -151.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Capital Power has a beta of 0.467681, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 1.241818, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Capital Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Capital PowerC$3.31B2.83C$602.81MC$3.1219.36
Brookfield Renewable PartnersC$6.17B1.62-C$230M-C$0.96-36.71

In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Capital Power. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners and 1 mentions for Capital Power. Capital Power's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of 0.37 indicating that Capital Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Capital Power
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brookfield Renewable Partners
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Capital Power beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 14 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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CPX vs. The Competition

MetricCapital PowerUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$9.37BC$4.40BC$17.13BC$9.40B
Dividend Yield4.63%4.65%5.32%6.50%
P/E Ratio19.36118.3052.2125.82
Price / Sales2.8310.7529.489.36
Price / Cash26.2211.1719.3383.29
Price / Book2.091.662.215.54
Net IncomeC$602.81MC$239.70MC$752.30MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance5.39%2.77%1.70%1.35%
1 Month Performance0.57%0.80%1.06%8.14%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-0.15%229.20%36.96%

Capital Power Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPX
Capital Power
2.5231 of 5 stars
C$60.39
-0.1%
C$65.78
+8.9%
+24.6%C$9.37BC$3.31B19.36737Positive News
BEP.UN
Brookfield Renewable Partners
1.0654 of 5 stars
C$35.52
+1.4%
C$42.00
+18.2%
-0.1%C$10.08BC$6.17B-37.00N/A
TA
TransAlta
0.9794 of 5 stars
C$17.88
+2.1%
C$19.22
+7.5%
+44.1%C$5.30BC$2.51B-33.111,257
MXG
Maxim Power
N/AC$4.59
-1.3%
N/A+17.7%C$292.47MC$91.39M19.9644News Coverage
Positive News
FTS
Fortis
2.0236 of 5 stars
C$68.02
-0.5%
C$69.80
+2.6%
+10.0%C$34.25BC$11.87B20.019,600News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
H
Hydro One
1.651 of 5 stars
C$48.87
-0.8%
C$51.00
+4.4%
+2.6%C$29.31BC$8.76B23.3850,000Dividend Announcement
BIP.UN
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
N/AC$42.45
+0.1%
N/A-6.0%C$19.71BC$21.54B849.0044,000
EMA
Emera
1.5089 of 5 stars
C$64.52
-0.4%
C$64.33
-0.3%
+20.9%C$19.31BC$8.23B21.877,120
CU
Canadian Utilities
1.4507 of 5 stars
C$37.96
-0.4%
C$39.75
+4.7%
+6.2%C$10.32BC$3.72B23.159,018
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
N/AC$47.49
+1.0%
N/A+16.5%C$8.53BC$3.89B-6.471,890
BIPC
Brookfield Infrastructure
N/AC$55.79
+0.7%
N/A-1.5%C$6.64BC$3.65B-5.711,700

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