ET vs. RNW, UNS, ORA, POM, NOU, NFG, ELE, GMP, JE, and AT
Should you be buying Evertz Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evertz Technologies include TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Uni-Select (UNS), Aura Minerals (ORA), PolyMet Mining (POM), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), New Found Gold (NFG), Elemental Altus Royalties (ELE), GMP Capital Inc. (GMP.TO) (GMP), Just Energy Group (JE), and AcuityAds (AT). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Evertz Technologies vs. Its Competitors
Evertz Technologies (TSE:ET) and TransAlta Renewables (TSE:RNW) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Evertz Technologies currently has a consensus target price of C$14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.76%. Given Evertz Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Evertz Technologies is more favorable than TransAlta Renewables.
7.0% of Evertz Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of TransAlta Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. 64.4% of Evertz Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.1% of TransAlta Renewables shares are held 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.
Evertz Technologies has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransAlta Renewables has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TransAlta Renewables has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Evertz Technologies. TransAlta Renewables is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evertz Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TransAlta Renewables has a net margin of 15.73% compared to Evertz Technologies' net margin of 11.71%. Evertz Technologies' return on equity of 22.13% beat TransAlta Renewables' return on equity.
Evertz Technologies pays an annual dividend of C$0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. TransAlta Renewables pays an annual dividend of C$0.94 per share. Evertz Technologies pays out 103.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TransAlta Renewables pays out 313.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Evertz Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Evertz Technologies had 11 more articles in the media than TransAlta Renewables. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Evertz Technologies and 0 mentions for TransAlta Renewables. Evertz Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat TransAlta Renewables' score of 0.00 indicating that Evertz Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Evertz Technologies beats TransAlta Renewables on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ET) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
