Capital Power (CPX) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BEP.UN or CPX?

65.8% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Capital Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Capital Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BEP.UN or CPX more profitable?

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
Brookfield Renewable Partners	-4.20%	0.46%	0.84%
Capital Power	15.53%	15.16%	5.86%

Do analysts prefer BEP.UN or CPX?

Brookfield Renewable Partners presently has a consensus target price of C$40.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.16%. Capital Power has a consensus target price of C$63.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.34%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than Capital Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Renewable Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Capital Power	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BEP.UN or CPX?

Capital Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Renewable Partners	C$5.48B	1.73	-C$230M	-C$0.87	-38.26
Capital Power	C$3.88B	1.99	C$602.81M	C$4.21	12.97

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BEP.UN or CPX?

Capital Power received 94 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.73% of users gave Brookfield Renewable Partners an outperform vote while only 52.82% of users gave Capital Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Renewable Partners	Outperform Votes 300 60.73%	Underperform Votes 194 39.27%
Capital Power	Outperform Votes 394 52.82%	Underperform Votes 352 47.18%

Which has more risk & volatility, BEP.UN or CPX?

Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Power has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BEP.UN or CPX a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -219.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Power pays out 62.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Brookfield Renewable Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor BEP.UN or CPX?

In the previous week, Capital Power had 6 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Capital Power and 3 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Capital Power's score of 0.04 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Renewable Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Capital Power	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 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 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.