CUP.U vs. KWH.UN, FTS, H, EMA, SPB, VNR, ACI, ACO.Y, GWR, and HEO
Should you be buying Caribbean Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caribbean Utilities include Crius Energy Unt (KWH.UN), Fortis (FTS), Hydro One (H), Emera (EMA), Superior Plus (SPB), Valener (VNR), TriSummit Utilities Inc. (ACI.TO) (ACI), ATCO (ACO.Y), Global Water Resources (GWR), and H2O Innovation (HEO). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Caribbean Utilities vs. Its Competitors
Caribbean Utilities (TSE:CUP.U) and Crius Energy Unt (TSE:KWH.UN) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Caribbean Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Crius Energy Unt pays an annual dividend of C$0.64 per share. Caribbean Utilities pays out 72.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crius Energy Unt pays out -291.6% 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.
Caribbean Utilities has a net margin of 13.81% compared to Crius Energy Unt's net margin of 0.00%. Caribbean Utilities' return on equity of 12.40% beat Crius Energy Unt's return on equity.
0.1% of Caribbean Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.3% of Caribbean Utilities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Caribbean Utilities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Crius Energy Unt. Crius Energy Unt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caribbean Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Caribbean Utilities had 4 more articles in the media than Crius Energy Unt. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Caribbean Utilities and 0 mentions for Crius Energy Unt. Crius Energy Unt's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Caribbean Utilities' score of -0.23 indicating that Crius Energy Unt is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Caribbean Utilities beats Crius Energy Unt on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CUP.U) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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