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C$73.80 +2.05 (+2.86%)
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CPX vs. BEP.UN, TA, MXG, FTS, and H

Should you buy Capital Power stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Capital Power with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Capital Power include Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), TransAlta (TA), Maxim Power (MXG), Fortis (FTS), and Hydro One (H). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

How does Capital Power compare to Brookfield Renewable Partners?

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

Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -503.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Power pays out -2,477.2% 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. Capital Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Capital Power has a net margin of 0.66% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of -4.20%. Capital Power's return on equity of 0.49% 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 0.66%0.49%5.86%

Brookfield Renewable Partners presently has a consensus target price of C$41.50, suggesting a potential downside of 13.05%. Capital Power has a consensus target price of C$79.22, suggesting a potential upside of 7.35%. Given Capital Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capital Power is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable Partners.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brookfield Renewable Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Capital Power
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Capital Power. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners and 1 mentions for Capital Power. Capital Power's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of 0.34 indicating that Capital Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Renewable Partners Neutral
Capital Power Positive

23.4% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.8% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 1.138971, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Capital Power has a beta of 0.603526, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the broader market.

Capital Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Capital Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Renewable Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Renewable PartnersC$6.34B2.28-C$230M-C$0.30N/A
Capital PowerC$3.94B2.93C$602.81M-C$0.11N/A

Summary

Capital Power beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Capital Power compare to TransAlta?

Capital Power (TSE:CPX) and TransAlta (TSE:TA) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

Capital Power presently has a consensus price target of C$79.22, indicating a potential upside of 7.35%. TransAlta has a consensus price target of C$25.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.53%. Given TransAlta's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TransAlta is more favorable than Capital Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Capital Power
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
TransAlta
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Capital Power has higher revenue and earnings than TransAlta. Capital Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAlta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Capital PowerC$3.94B2.93C$602.81M-C$0.11N/A
TransAltaC$2.21B2.78C$212.05M-C$0.75N/A

Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. TransAlta pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Capital Power pays out -2,477.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TransAlta pays out -34.7% 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. Capital Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

29.8% of Capital Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of TransAlta shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Capital Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of TransAlta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Capital Power has a beta of 0.603526, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, TransAlta has a beta of 0.688092, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the broader market.

Capital Power has a net margin of 0.66% compared to TransAlta's net margin of -7.73%. Capital Power's return on equity of 0.49% beat TransAlta's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Capital Power0.66% 0.49% 5.86%
TransAlta -7.73%-11.56%7.07%

In the previous week, TransAlta had 1 more articles in the media than Capital Power. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for TransAlta and 1 mentions for Capital Power. Capital Power's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat TransAlta's score of 0.33 indicating that Capital Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Capital Power Positive
TransAlta Neutral

Summary

Capital Power beats TransAlta on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Capital Power compare to Maxim Power?

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

Capital Power has a consensus price target of C$79.22, suggesting a potential upside of 7.35%. Given Capital Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Capital Power is more favorable than Maxim Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Maxim Power
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Capital Power
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Maxim Power has a beta of 1.19069, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Capital Power has a beta of 0.603526, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the broader market.

Maxim Power has a net margin of 16.95% compared to Capital Power's net margin of 0.66%. Maxim Power's return on equity of 4.02% beat Capital Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Maxim Power16.95% 4.02% 2.32%
Capital Power 0.66%0.49%5.86%

In the previous week, Capital Power had 1 more articles in the media than Maxim Power. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Capital Power and 0 mentions for Maxim Power. Capital Power's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Maxim Power's score of 0.00 indicating that Capital Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Maxim Power Neutral
Capital Power Positive

Capital Power has higher revenue and earnings than Maxim Power. Capital Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maxim Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Maxim PowerC$82.24M3.26C$53.09MC$0.2120.10
Capital PowerC$3.94B2.93C$602.81M-C$0.11N/A

9.3% of Maxim Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.8% of Capital Power shares are held by institutional investors. 71.2% of Maxim Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Capital Power beats Maxim Power on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Capital Power compare to Fortis?

Fortis (TSE:FTS) and Capital Power (TSE:CPX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Fortis pays an annual dividend of C$2.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Fortis pays out 74.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Power pays out -2,477.2% 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. Capital Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Fortis has a beta of 0.43331, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Capital Power has a beta of 0.603526, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the broader market.

Fortis has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Power. Capital Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FortisC$12.24B3.41C$1.66BC$3.3924.15
Capital PowerC$3.94B2.93C$602.81M-C$0.11N/A

In the previous week, Fortis had 3 more articles in the media than Capital Power. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fortis and 1 mentions for Capital Power. Capital Power's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Fortis' score of 0.00 indicating that Capital Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Fortis Neutral
Capital Power Positive

Fortis has a net margin of 14.75% compared to Capital Power's net margin of 0.66%. Fortis' return on equity of 7.51% beat Capital Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fortis14.75% 7.51% 3.09%
Capital Power 0.66%0.49%5.86%

34.6% of Fortis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.8% of Capital Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Fortis shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Capital Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Fortis presently has a consensus target price of C$79.32, suggesting a potential downside of 3.13%. Capital Power has a consensus target price of C$79.22, suggesting a potential upside of 7.35%. Given Capital Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capital Power is more favorable than Fortis.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fortis
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Capital Power
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Capital Power beats Fortis on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Capital Power compare to Hydro One?

Capital Power (TSE:CPX) and Hydro One (TSE:H) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Hydro One has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Power. Capital Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hydro One, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Capital PowerC$3.94B2.93C$602.81M-C$0.11N/A
Hydro OneC$9.28B3.81C$1.14BC$2.2825.86

Capital Power currently has a consensus price target of C$79.22, indicating a potential upside of 7.35%. Hydro One has a consensus price target of C$57.09, indicating a potential downside of 3.15%. Given Capital Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Capital Power is more favorable than Hydro One.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Capital Power
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Hydro One
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11

In the previous week, Capital Power had 1 more articles in the media than Hydro One. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Capital Power and 0 mentions for Hydro One. Capital Power's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Hydro One's score of -0.76 indicating that Capital Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Capital Power Positive
Hydro One Negative

Capital Power has a beta of 0.603526, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Hydro One has a beta of 0.349922, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the broader market.

Hydro One has a net margin of 14.78% compared to Capital Power's net margin of 0.66%. Hydro One's return on equity of 10.87% beat Capital Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Capital Power0.66% 0.49% 5.86%
Hydro One 14.78%10.87%3.57%

29.8% of Capital Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.1% of Hydro One shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Capital Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.1% of Hydro One shares are held by company 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$2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Hydro One pays an annual dividend of C$1.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Capital Power pays out -2,477.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hydro One pays out 58.4% 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. Capital Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Capital Power beats Hydro One on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CPX vs. The Competition

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MetricCapital PowerUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$11.55BC$5.35BC$18.97BC$12.34B
Dividend Yield3.74%4.42%3.95%6.18%
P/E Ratio-670.9157.8619.8436.51
Price / Sales2.9310.7138.6310.33
Price / Cash26.2211.1719.4282.29
Price / Book2.401.962.434.52
Net IncomeC$602.81MC$239.70MC$785.96MC$299.09M
7 Day Performance-1.28%-1.80%-0.59%1.85%
1 Month Performance2.46%-2.12%-0.87%-0.56%
1 Year Performance35.07%8.76%12.15%36.80%

Capital Power Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPX
Capital Power
3.0084 of 5 stars		C$73.80
+2.9%		C$79.22
+7.3%		+30.4%C$11.55BC$3.94BN/A737
BEP.UN
Brookfield Renewable Partners
0.8516 of 5 stars		C$50.55
+2.4%		C$41.50
-17.9%		+36.2%C$15.33BC$6.34BN/AN/A
TA
TransAlta
4.1205 of 5 stars		C$19.64
+0.6%		C$24.95
+27.0%		+32.3%C$6.21BC$2.21BN/A1,257
MXG
Maxim Power
N/AC$4.36
+2.3%		N/A-10.2%C$277.16MC$82.24M20.7644
FTS
Fortis
1.6556 of 5 stars		C$79.33
+0.2%		C$79.32
0.0%		+28.5%C$40.39BC$12.24B23.409,600

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