CU vs. ACO.X, BIP.UN, AQN, BEPC, BIPC, NPI, CPX, BEP.UN, BLX, and TA
Should you be buying Canadian Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Utilities include ATCO (ACO.X), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Northland Power (NPI), Capital Power (CPX), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), Boralex (BLX), and TransAlta (TA). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) and ATCO (TSE:ACO.X) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
Canadian Utilities has a net margin of 18.63% compared to ATCO's net margin of 9.11%. Canadian Utilities' return on equity of 10.08% beat ATCO's return on equity.
In the previous week, Canadian Utilities had 6 more articles in the media than ATCO. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Canadian Utilities and 5 mentions for ATCO. Canadian Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat ATCO's score of -0.43 indicating that Canadian Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Utilities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ATCO. ATCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
15.4% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of ATCO shares are held by institutional investors. 38.2% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of ATCO shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATCO has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Utilities presently has a consensus target price of C$35.29, suggesting a potential upside of 14.86%. ATCO has a consensus target price of C$45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.27%. Given ATCO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ATCO is more favorable than Canadian Utilities.
Canadian Utilities received 220 more outperform votes than ATCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.81% of users gave Canadian Utilities an outperform vote while only 46.46% of users gave ATCO an outperform vote.
Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. ATCO pays an annual dividend of C$1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Canadian Utilities pays out 77.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ATCO pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Canadian Utilities beats ATCO on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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