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Northland Power (NPI) Competitors

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C$22.83 -0.02 (-0.09%)
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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

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

In the previous week, Northland Power had 2 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Northland Power and 0 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Northland Power's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Brookfield Renewable's score of 0.00 indicating that Northland Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Northland Power Neutral
Brookfield Renewable Neutral

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
Northland Power-5.92% -3.37% 3.96%
Brookfield Renewable -16.64%-9.33%2.20%

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

Northland Power currently has a consensus price target of C$27.08, suggesting a potential upside of 18.73%. Given Northland Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Northland Power is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.

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

Brookfield Renewable has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Northland PowerC$2.44B2.45-C$144.54M-C$0.55-41.79
Brookfield RenewableC$866.38M5.37-C$144.17M-C$1.98-22.86

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

Northland Power pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Northland Power pays out -219.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Renewable pays out -96.5% 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.

Summary

Northland Power beats Brookfield Renewable on 14 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NPI vs. The Competition

MetricNorthland PowerUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$5.98BC$1.71BC$15.79BC$6.22B
Dividend Yield6.90%5.75%5.62%6.72%
P/E Ratio-41.7910.9920.1751.02
Price / Sales2.451,565.06148.471,230.07
Price / Cash5.7942.3619.1983.29
Price / Book1.321.452.154.70
Net Income-C$144.54MC$289.63MC$751.12MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.48%69.95%12.59%1.23%
1 Month Performance4.49%123.24%22.63%4.40%
1 Year Performance-7.46%749.24%145.21%26.04%

Northland Power Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NPI
Northland Power
2.2113 of 5 stars
C$22.83
-0.1%
C$27.08
+18.6%
-7.3%C$5.99BC$2.44B-41.831,150Positive News
Gap Up
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
N/AC$46.30
+0.5%
N/A+5.7%C$4.76BC$866.38M-23.391,890
AQN
Algonquin Power & Utilities
0.6036 of 5 stars
C$7.81
-1.3%
C$6.63
-15.2%
-7.1%C$4.23BC$1.95B-3.923,440
BLX
Boralex
2.4405 of 5 stars
C$32.58
-1.0%
C$39.22
+20.4%
-11.5%C$3.39BC$952.11M47.76180
RNW
TransAlta Renewables
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.33BC$496M41.601,680
INE
Innergex Renewable Energy
0.5056 of 5 stars
C$13.73
flat
C$11.59
-15.6%
+27.8%C$2.82BC$1.00B-22.02602Positive News
ARR
Altius Renewable Royalties
1.0138 of 5 stars
N/AC$19.25
+∞
N/AC$369.48MC$2.67M-150.00N/A
PIF
Polaris Renewable Energy
2.9364 of 5 stars
C$12.15
-0.2%
C$22.67
+86.6%
-6.6%C$180.57MC$53.34M25.17235
LCFS
Tidewater Renewables
N/AC$2.64
-1.5%
C$3.95
+49.6%
-66.7%C$91.92MC$387.24M-0.2437Gap Down
GIP
Green Impact Partners
2.3165 of 5 stars
C$3.90
-3.0%
C$6.75
+73.1%
+17.5%C$76.47MC$107.07M-6.8489
SPG
Spark Power Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$74.48MC$259.65M-4.563,300High Trading Volume

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