Capital Power (CPX) Competitors

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

Does the media favor CPX or BEP.UN?

In the previous week, Capital Power had 24 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Capital Power and 0 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Capital Power's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Capital Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Capital Power	Neutral
Brookfield Renewable Partners	Neutral

Do analysts prefer CPX or BEP.UN?

Capital Power presently has a consensus price target of C$64.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.40%. Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus price target of C$40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.03%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' higher probable 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)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Brookfield Renewable Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CPX or BEP.UN?

Capital Power received 92 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.85% of users gave Brookfield Renewable Partners an outperform vote while only 52.69% of users gave Capital Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital Power	Outperform Votes 392 52.69%	Underperform Votes 352 47.31%
Brookfield Renewable Partners	Outperform Votes 300 60.85%	Underperform Votes 193 39.15%

Which has better earnings and valuation, CPX or BEP.UN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Power	C$3.88B	1.95	C$602.81M	C$4.21	12.74
Brookfield Renewable Partners	C$5.48B	1.68	-C$230M	-C$0.87	-37.07

Is CPX or BEP.UN a better dividend stock?

Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. 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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CPX or BEP.UN?

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CPX or BEP.UN 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
Capital Power	15.53%	15.16%	5.86%
Brookfield Renewable Partners	-4.20%	0.46%	0.84%

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

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.

Summary

Capital Power beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.