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Hydro One (H) Competitors

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C$48.79 +0.06 (+0.12%)
As of 07/25/2025 04:22 PM Eastern

H vs. QSR, BYD, MTY, CMG, TH, CHH, MGM, MAR, JAX, and PPE

Should you be buying Hydro One stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hydro One include Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Boyd Group Services (BYD), MTY Food Group (MTY), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Theratechnologies (TH), CENTRIC HEALTH (CHH), Maple Gold Mines (MGM), Mount Logan Capital (MAR), Jaxon Mining (JAX), and Pacific Paradym Energy (PPE). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.

Hydro One vs. Its Competitors

Hydro One (TSE:H) and Restaurant Brands International (TSE:QSR) are both large-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

22.1% of Hydro One shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.1% of Hydro One shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Restaurant Brands International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Hydro One had 18 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Hydro One and 1 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Hydro One's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.00 indicating that Hydro One is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hydro One
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Restaurant Brands International
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Hydro One has higher revenue and earnings than Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hydro One, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hydro OneC$8.37B3.50C$1.14BC$1.9025.73
Restaurant Brands InternationalC$4.96B4.37C$793.99MC$4.9919.12

Restaurant Brands International has a net margin of 16.02% compared to Hydro One's net margin of 13.59%. Restaurant Brands International's return on equity of 41.85% beat Hydro One's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hydro One13.59% 9.58% 3.57%
Restaurant Brands International 16.02%41.85%5.81%

Hydro One pays an annual dividend of C$1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of C$3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Hydro One pays out 66.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restaurant Brands International pays out 63.0% 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. Restaurant Brands International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Hydro One has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Hydro One currently has a consensus price target of C$50.10, suggesting a potential upside of 2.68%. Given Hydro One's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hydro One is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hydro One
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
Restaurant Brands International
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Restaurant Brands International beats Hydro One on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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H vs. The Competition

MetricHydro OneUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$29.25BC$20.30BC$16.14BC$6.31B
Dividend Yield2.74%5.48%5.31%6.72%
P/E Ratio25.7312.0220.3675.38
Price / Sales3.5040.22207.941,359.95
Price / Cash888.33135.3919.0983.29
Price / Book2.401.642.164.89
Net IncomeC$1.14BC$982.11MC$751.46MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance1.65%1.01%0.90%1.19%
1 Month Performance-0.16%0.46%22.52%4.80%
1 Year Performance15.02%10.61%174.89%26.10%

Hydro One Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
H
Hydro One
0.7613 of 5 stars
C$48.79
+0.1%
C$50.10
+2.7%
+16.0%C$29.25BC$8.37B25.7350,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
QSR
Restaurant Brands International
N/AC$94.30
-0.6%
N/A+0.6%C$21.41BC$4.96B18.916,400
BYD
Boyd Group Services
2.8683 of 5 stars
C$212.82
+1.1%
C$262.00
+23.1%
-14.3%C$3.23BC$2.16B78.3915,800Analyst Revision
MTY
MTY Food Group
3.1485 of 5 stars
C$40.14
+0.2%
C$50.50
+25.8%
-12.4%C$935.96MC$1.13B10.027,326Dividend Announcement
CMG
Computer Modelling Group
2.6622 of 5 stars
C$7.53
-0.1%
C$13.14
+74.5%
-42.8%C$607.56MC$124.85M24.83105,000News Coverage
TH
Theratechnologies
N/AC$4.30
flat
N/A+116.5%C$137.19MC$52.22M-48.67103
CHH
CENTRIC HEALTH
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$95.70MC$125.52M-57.501,500Gap Up
MGM
Maple Gold Mines
N/AC$0.08
+6.7%
N/A+0.0%C$33.58MN/A-6.4246,000High Trading Volume
MAR
Mount Logan Capital
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$9.21MC$394K-20.80377,000
JAX
Jaxon Mining
N/AC$0.01
-33.3%
N/A+0.0%C$1.68MN/A-5.003,800News Coverage
PPE
Pacific Paradym Energy
N/AC$0.02
flat
N/A+0.0%C$546KN/A0.00147,000

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This page (TSE:H) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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