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
Restaurant Brands International (TSE:QSR) and Hydro One (TSE:H) are both large-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
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.
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.
Restaurant Brands International pays an annual dividend of C$3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Hydro One pays an annual dividend of C$1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Restaurant Brands International pays out 63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hydro One pays out 66.4% 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.
In the previous week, Hydro One had 14 more articles in the media than Restaurant Brands International. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Hydro One and 7 mentions for Restaurant Brands International. Hydro One's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Restaurant Brands International's score of 0.07 indicating that Hydro One is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hydro One has a consensus price target of C$51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.26%. Given Hydro One's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hydro One is more favorable than Restaurant Brands International.
88.6% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of Hydro One shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Restaurant Brands International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.1% of Hydro One shares are held 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.
Restaurant Brands International has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hydro One has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Restaurant Brands International beats Hydro One on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:H) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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