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 large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Capital Power had 13 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Capital Power and 2 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Capital Power's score of 0.30 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capital Power has a beta of 0.492551, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 1.146842, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital Power presently has a consensus target price of C$71.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.70%. Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus target price of C$42.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.44%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than Capital Power.
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.
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.
Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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.
26.3% of Capital Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Capital Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:CPX) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
