EMA vs. TRP, PPL, BIPC, AQN, BEPC, TA, RNW, UNS, ORA, and ET
Should you be buying Emera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Emera include TC Energy (TRP), Pembina Pipeline (PPL), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), TransAlta (TA), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Uni-Select (UNS), Aura Minerals (ORA), and Evertz Technologies (ET). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Emera vs.
Emera (TSE:EMA) and TC Energy (TSE:TRP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, TC Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Emera. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TC Energy and 2 mentions for Emera. TC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Emera's score of -0.08 indicating that TC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Emera pays an annual dividend of C$2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. TC Energy pays an annual dividend of C$3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Emera pays out 112.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TC Energy pays out 76.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TC Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TC Energy has a net margin of 32.39% compared to Emera's net margin of 10.51%. TC Energy's return on equity of 17.25% beat Emera's return on equity.
TC Energy received 20 more outperform votes than Emera when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.26% of users gave TC Energy an outperform vote while only 58.01% of users gave Emera an outperform vote.
TC Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Emera. TC Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Emera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Emera currently has a consensus price target of C$59.82, indicating a potential downside of 3.44%. TC Energy has a consensus price target of C$74.17, indicating a potential upside of 7.36%. Given TC Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TC Energy is more favorable than Emera.
28.1% of Emera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of TC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Emera shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TC Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Emera has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TC Energy has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TC Energy beats Emera on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:EMA) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
