CU vs. BIP.UN, ACO.X, ACO.Y, JE, H, EMA, BEP.UN, CPX, NPI, and BIPC
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 Infrastructure (BIPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Canadian Utilities vs. Its Competitors
Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (TSE:BIP.UN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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 pays out -1,211.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Canadian Utilities had 5 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Canadian Utilities and 1 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Canadian Utilities' score of 0.04 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian Utilities has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Canadian Utilities received 201 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.08% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure Partners an outperform vote while only 58.90% of users gave Canadian Utilities an outperform vote.
14.1% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 37.6% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Utilities currently has a consensus target price of C$38.60, suggesting a potential upside of 2.52%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus target price of C$34.00, suggesting a potential downside of 24.04%. Given Canadian Utilities' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Canadian Utilities is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.
Summary
Canadian Utilities beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CU) was last updated on 6/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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