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Caribbean Utilities (CUP.U) Competitors

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C$13.30 -0.01 (-0.08%)
As of 11:58 AM Eastern

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.

Crius Energy Unt (TSE:KWH.UN) and Caribbean Utilities (TSE:CUP.U) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Caribbean Utilities has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Crius Energy UntC$1.21B0.00-C$12.34M-C$0.22N/A
Caribbean UtilitiesC$287.75M1.77C$38.76MC$1.0213.04

Crius Energy Unt received 113 more outperform votes than Caribbean Utilities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.03% of users gave Crius Energy Unt an outperform vote while only 54.29% of users gave Caribbean Utilities an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Crius Energy UntOutperform Votes
170
59.03%
Underperform Votes
118
40.97%
Caribbean UtilitiesOutperform Votes
57
54.29%
Underperform Votes
48
45.71%

Crius Energy Unt pays an annual dividend of C$0.64 per share. Caribbean Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Crius Energy Unt pays out -291.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caribbean Utilities pays out 72.5% 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.

0.1% of Caribbean Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.3% of Caribbean Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Crius Energy UntN/A N/A N/A
Caribbean Utilities 13.81%12.40%3.13%

In the previous week, Caribbean Utilities had 2 more articles in the media than Crius Energy Unt. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Caribbean Utilities and 0 mentions for Crius Energy Unt. Caribbean Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Crius Energy Unt's score of 0.00 indicating that Caribbean Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Crius Energy Unt Neutral
Caribbean Utilities Positive

Summary

Caribbean Utilities beats Crius Energy Unt on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CUP.U vs. The Competition

MetricCaribbean UtilitiesUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$510.32MC$22.77BC$16.24BC$5.95B
Dividend Yield5.27%5.53%5.72%6.33%
P/E Ratio13.0411.8420.3730.01
Price / Sales1.7745.7922.97842.45
Price / Cash59.48153.6918.6883.71
Price / Book1.541.712.104.00
Net IncomeC$38.76MC$1.10BC$674.16MC$301.69M
7 Day Performance1.60%1.27%1.41%0.94%
1 Month PerformanceN/A2.26%2.69%7.63%
1 Year Performance-5.00%10.37%7.42%15.98%

Caribbean Utilities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUP.U
Caribbean Utilities
N/AC$13.30
-0.1%
N/A-5.0%C$510.32MC$287.75M13.04226News Coverage
Positive News
KWH.UN
Crius Energy Unt
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$498.13MC$1.21B-40.37N/AHigh Trading Volume
FTS
Fortis
0.858 of 5 stars
C$64.94
+0.1%
C$64.25
-1.1%
+19.4%C$32.13BC$11.41B19.289,600Dividend Announcement
H
Hydro One
0.5544 of 5 stars
C$48.79
+0.0%
C$49.67
+1.8%
+26.0%C$29.25BC$8.37B25.7350,000
EMA
Emera
0.4246 of 5 stars
C$59.64
-0.3%
C$59.82
+0.3%
+23.9%C$17.49BC$7.21B23.127,120News Coverage
SPB
Superior Plus
2.503 of 5 stars
C$7.52
+3.6%
C$9.85
+31.0%
-19.4%C$1.27BC$1.80B27.6511,000Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
VNR
Valener
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.02BC$86.25M17.73381
ACI
TriSummit Utilities Inc. (ACI.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.00BC$326.30M23.92290,000
ACO.Y
ATCO
N/AC$52.50
+1.0%
N/AN/AC$652.58MC$4.71B15.3520,175
GWR
Global Water Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$425.84MC$43.94M59.478,000
HEO
H2O Innovation
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$382.54MC$256.49M-212.501,055

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This page (TSE:CUP.U) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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