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TSE:CU

Canadian Utilities (CU) Competitors

C$35.90
-0.05 (-0.14%)
(As of 06/7/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
C$35.64
C$35.92
50-Day Range
C$35.95
C$39.67
52-Week Range
C$33.24
C$41.94
Volume
290,755 shs
Average Volume
614,918 shs
Market Capitalization
C$7.24 billion
P/E Ratio
15.68
Dividend Yield
4.99%
Price Target
C$40.07

CU vs. YRI, K, AGI, BTO, WFT, SSRM, OR, ASR, ELD, and EQB

Should you be buying Canadian Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Utilities include Yamana Gold (YRI), Kinross Gold (K), Alamos Gold (AGI), B2Gold (BTO), West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), SSR Mining (SSRM), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Alacer Gold (ASR), Eldorado Gold (ELD), and EQB (EQB). These companies are all part of the "gold" industry.

Canadian Utilities vs.

Yamana Gold (TSE:YRI) and Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Yamana Gold presently has a consensus price target of C$121.53, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Canadian Utilities has a consensus price target of C$40.07, suggesting a potential upside of 11.46%. Given Yamana Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Yamana Gold is more favorable than Canadian Utilities.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Yamana Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Canadian Utilities
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Canadian Utilities received 80 more outperform votes than Yamana Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.06% of users gave Canadian Utilities an outperform vote while only 51.79% of users gave Yamana Gold an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Yamana GoldOutperform Votes
348
51.79%
Underperform Votes
324
48.21%
Canadian UtilitiesOutperform Votes
428
61.06%
Underperform Votes
273
38.94%

Canadian Utilities has a net margin of 17.13% compared to Yamana Gold's net margin of -54.36%. Canadian Utilities' return on equity of 9.99% beat Yamana Gold's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Yamana Gold -54.36% -31.37% -13.38%
Canadian Utilities 17.13% 9.99% 3.43%

63.8% of Yamana Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.0% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Yamana Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Canadian Utilities had 2 more articles in the media than Yamana Gold. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Canadian Utilities and 0 mentions for Yamana Gold. Yamana Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Canadian Utilities' average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Yamana Gold Neutral
Canadian Utilities Neutral

Yamana Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.55 per share. Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Yamana Gold pays out -39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Utilities pays out 78.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Yamana Gold has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Canadian Utilities has higher revenue and earnings than Yamana Gold. Yamana Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Yamana GoldC$1.81 billion0.00-C$982.30 million-C$1.38N/A
Canadian UtilitiesC$4.07 billion1.78C$621 millionC$2.2915.70

Summary

Canadian Utilities beats Yamana Gold on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CU vs. The Competition

MetricCanadian UtilitiesGold IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$7.25BC$932.32MC$2.60BC$4.33B
Dividend Yield4.95%3.50%5.02%6.77%
P/E Ratio15.7091.1085.4122.95
Price / Sales1.782,800.7077,410.411,338.48
Price / Cash11.0320.0125.4476.00
Price / Book1.803.112.913.61
Net IncomeC$621MC$19.45MC$405.07MC$333.65M
7 Day Performance-1.37%0.64%2.36%5.14%
1 Month Performance-8.57%31.34%3.43%0.09%
1 Year Performance-9.13%-13.43%-11.11%7.86%

Canadian Utilities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YRI
Yamana Gold
1.7986 of 5 stars
N/AC$7.84
+∞
N/AC$7.59BC$1.81B-5.725,091High Trading Volume
K
Kinross Gold
0.8507 of 5 stars
C$6.34
-1.7%
C$6.88
+8.4%
+15.5%C$7.80BC$3.68B158.502,021
AGI
Alamos Gold
1.93 of 5 stars
C$16.47
-1.6%
C$18.86
+14.5%
+71.2%C$6.50BC$888.20M53.131,900Dividend Increase
Insider Selling
News Coverage
BTO
B2Gold
2.2153 of 5 stars
C$4.97
-2.4%
C$7.25
+45.9%
-1.2%C$6.41BC$1.84B15.532,212Dividend Increase
WFT
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO)
0 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/AC$5.63BC$5.29B15.298,200High Trading Volume
SSRM
SSR Mining
2.2222 of 5 stars
C$19.73
-0.6%
C$28.08
+42.3%
-22.2%C$4.07BC$1.11B20.772,429Positive News
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
1.9531 of 5 stars
C$20.94
+0.3%
C$25.38
+21.2%
+46.1%C$3.87BC$226.71M43.6333Analyst Report
Insider Selling
ASR
Alacer Gold
0 of 5 stars
C$9.47
-0.9%
N/AN/AC$2.79BC$574.09M17.16691High Trading Volume
ELD
Eldorado Gold
1.3777 of 5 stars
C$13.97
+0.1%
C$14.00
+0.2%
+26.4%C$2.58BC$906.67M155.224,500News Coverage
Positive News
EQB
EQB
2.638 of 5 stars
C$66.21
-0.5%
C$85.50
+29.1%
+10.9%C$2.49BC$818.77M8.711,161Dividend Increase

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This page (TSE:CU) was last updated on 6/7/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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