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Northland Power (NPI) Competitors

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C$22.49 +0.06 (+0.27%)
As of 07/4/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

NPI vs. BEPC, AQN, BLX, RNW, INE, ARR, PIF, LCFS, GIP, and SPG

Should you be buying Northland Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northland Power include Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Boralex (BLX), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE), Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), Polaris Renewable Energy (PIF), Tidewater Renewables (LCFS), Green Impact Partners (GIP), and Spark Power Group (SPG). These companies are all part of the "utilities - renewable" industry.

Northland Power vs. Its Competitors

Brookfield Renewable (TSE:BEPC) and Northland Power (TSE:NPI) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

78.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Northland Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Northland Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Northland Power has a net margin of -5.92% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of -16.64%. Northland Power's return on equity of -3.37% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brookfield Renewable-16.64% -9.33% 2.20%
Northland Power -5.92%-3.37%3.96%

Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northland Power has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Northland Power pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -96.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northland Power pays out -219.8% 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. Northland Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Northland Power has a consensus target price of C$27.08, indicating a potential upside of 20.42%. Given Northland Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Northland Power is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brookfield Renewable
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Northland Power
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Brookfield Renewable has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Northland Power. Northland Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Renewable, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield RenewableC$866.38M5.46-C$144.17M-C$1.98-23.26
Northland PowerC$2.44B2.42-C$144.54M-C$0.55-41.20

In the previous week, Northland Power had 3 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Northland Power and 0 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Northland Power's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Brookfield Renewable's score of 0.59 indicating that Northland Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Renewable Positive
Northland Power Positive

Summary

Northland Power beats Brookfield Renewable on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NPI vs. The Competition

MetricNorthland PowerUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$5.90BC$1.70BC$15.89BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield6.90%5.75%5.58%6.72%
P/E Ratio-41.2010.9020.4550.85
Price / Sales2.42155.7829.181,194.53
Price / Cash5.7942.3619.1483.29
Price / Book1.301.462.164.70
Net Income-C$144.54MC$289.63MC$751.09MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance5.09%1.75%1.23%2.27%
1 Month Performance8.28%7.97%3.30%4.69%
1 Year Performance-5.23%14.33%16.60%26.89%

Northland Power Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NPI
Northland Power
2.8525 of 5 stars
C$22.49
+0.3%
C$27.08
+20.4%
-4.5%C$5.90BC$2.44B-41.201,150
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
N/AC$44.03
+2.0%
N/A+16.1%C$4.52BC$866.38M-22.241,890
AQN
Algonquin Power & Utilities
0.726 of 5 stars
C$7.90
+0.8%
C$6.63
-16.1%
-4.5%C$4.28BC$1.95B-3.963,440
BLX
Boralex
2.182 of 5 stars
C$32.07
-0.9%
C$39.22
+22.3%
-3.3%C$3.34BC$952.11M47.02180
RNW
TransAlta Renewables
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.33BC$496M41.601,680
INE
Innergex Renewable Energy
0.5995 of 5 stars
C$13.78
-0.3%
C$11.59
-15.9%
+28.7%C$2.83BC$1.00B-22.10602
ARR
Altius Renewable Royalties
0.9776 of 5 stars
N/AC$17.50
+∞
N/AC$369.48MC$2.67M-150.00N/A
PIF
Polaris Renewable Energy
3.0567 of 5 stars
C$11.98
-0.4%
C$22.67
+89.2%
-5.5%C$178.04MC$53.34M24.82235Positive News
LCFS
Tidewater Renewables
2.2256 of 5 stars
C$2.65
-1.5%
C$3.95
+49.1%
-62.8%C$92.27MC$387.24M-0.2437Gap Down
GIP
Green Impact Partners
1.5125 of 5 stars
C$4.07
+4.4%
C$6.75
+65.8%
+25.2%C$79.81MC$107.07M-7.1389Gap Up
SPG
Spark Power Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$74.48MC$259.65M-4.563,300High Trading Volume

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This page (TSE:NPI) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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