NPI vs. AQN, BEPC, RNW, BLX, INE, ARR, PIF, LCFS, SPG, and GIP
Should you be buying Northland Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northland Power include Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Boralex (BLX), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE), Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), Polaris Renewable Energy (PIF), Tidewater Renewables (LCFS), Spark Power Group (SPG), and Green Impact Partners (GIP). These companies are all part of the "utilities - renewable" industry.
Northland Power vs.
Algonquin Power & Utilities (TSE:AQN) and Northland Power (TSE:NPI) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Algonquin Power & Utilities presently has a consensus target price of C$6.00, indicating a potential downside of 21.16%. Northland Power has a consensus target price of C$27.21, indicating a potential upside of 32.43%. Given Northland Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Northland Power is more favorable than Algonquin Power & Utilities.
Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northland Power has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
62.0% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Northland Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Algonquin Power & Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Northland Power pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays out -18.1% 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.
In the previous week, Northland Power had 28 more articles in the media than Algonquin Power & Utilities. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Northland Power and 14 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities. Northland Power's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' score of 0.16 indicating that Northland Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northland Power has a net margin of -5.92% compared to Algonquin Power & Utilities' net margin of -39.22%. Northland Power's return on equity of -3.37% beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' return on equity.
Northland Power received 15 more outperform votes than Algonquin Power & Utilities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.55% of users gave Algonquin Power & Utilities an outperform vote while only 66.38% of users gave Northland Power an outperform vote.
Northland Power has higher revenue and earnings than Algonquin Power & Utilities. Northland Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Algonquin Power & Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Northland Power beats Algonquin Power & Utilities on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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