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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.
Evertz Technologies pays an annual dividend of C$0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. 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.
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.
7.0% of Evertz Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of TransAlta Renewables shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.4% of Evertz Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 60.1% of TransAlta Renewables shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 currently has a consensus target price of C$14.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.34%. Given Evertz Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Evertz Technologies is more favorable than TransAlta Renewables.
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.
In the previous week, Evertz Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than TransAlta Renewables. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Evertz Technologies and 0 mentions for TransAlta Renewables. Evertz Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.59 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 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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