Capital Power (CPX) Competitors

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

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

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

Do analysts rate BEP.UN or CPX?

Brookfield Renewable Partners presently has a consensus price target of C$42.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.56%. Capital Power has a consensus price target of C$65.78, indicating a potential upside of 13.66%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' higher probable upside, research 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)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Does the media prefer BEP.UN or CPX?

In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Capital Power. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners and 0 mentions for Capital Power. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Capital Power's score of 0.00 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Renewable Partners	Neutral
Capital Power	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and 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	1.83	-C$230M	-C$0.87	-40.38
Capital Power	C$3.88B	2.11	C$602.81M	C$4.21	13.75

Do institutionals and insiders 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

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 5.4%. Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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.

Summary

Capital Power beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.