NPI vs. BEPC, AQN, RNW, BLX, 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), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Boralex (BLX), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northland Power has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 possible upside, analysts clearly believe Northland Power is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.
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.
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.
78.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Northland Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Northland Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock 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.
Summary
Northland Power beats Brookfield Renewable on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:NPI) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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