CU vs. BIP.UN, ACO.X, ACO.Y, JE, H, EMA, BEP.UN, CPX, NPI, and BEPC
Should you be buying Canadian Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Utilities include Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), ATCO (ACO.X), ATCO (ACO.Y), Just Energy Group (JE), Hydro One (H), Emera (EMA), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), Capital Power (CPX), Northland Power (NPI), and Brookfield Renewable (BEPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Canadian Utilities vs. Its Competitors
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (TSE:BIP.UN) and Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners currently has a consensus price target of C$34.00, indicating a potential downside of 22.81%. Canadian Utilities has a consensus price target of C$38.83, indicating a potential downside of 0.33%. Given Canadian Utilities' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Utilities is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.
In the previous week, Canadian Utilities had 4 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Canadian Utilities and 1 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Canadian Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' score of 0.40 indicating that Canadian Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian Utilities has a net margin of 13.41% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of -0.09%. Canadian Utilities' return on equity of 7.21% beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity.
67.1% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. 37.6% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Utilities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out -1,211.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Utilities pays out 97.8% 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 Infrastructure Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Canadian Utilities beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:CU) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
