CPX vs. BEP.UN, TA, MXG, FTS, H, BIP.UN, EMA, CU, NPI, and BEPC
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), Northland Power (NPI), and Brookfield Renewable (BEPC). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Capital Power has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
19.1% of Capital Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Capital Power pays out 62.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -219.5% 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.
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.
In the previous week, Capital Power had 22 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Capital Power and 6 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Capital Power's score of 0.40 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capital Power currently has a consensus price target of C$65.78, suggesting a potential upside of 15.14%. Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus price target of C$42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.35%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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.
Summary
Capital Power beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:CPX) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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