NPI vs. AQN, BEPC, BLX, INE, BIPC, CU, CPX, ACO.X, TA, and SPB
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), Boralex (BLX), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Canadian Utilities (CU), Capital Power (CPX), ATCO (ACO.X), TransAlta (TA), and Superior Plus (SPB). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Northland Power (TSE:NPI) and Algonquin Power & Utilities (TSE:AQN) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Algonquin Power & Utilities had 3 more articles in the media than Northland Power. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities and 3 mentions for Northland Power. Algonquin Power & Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Northland Power's score of 0.63 indicating that Algonquin Power & Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Algonquin Power & Utilities has higher revenue and earnings than Northland Power. 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.
Northland Power has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northland Power pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Northland Power pays out -166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays out 1,475.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
47.8% of Northland Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.5% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Northland Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned 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 target price of C$32.21, suggesting a potential upside of 46.07%. Algonquin Power & Utilities has a consensus target price of C$9.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.57%. Given Northland Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Northland Power is more favorable than Algonquin Power & Utilities.
Algonquin Power & Utilities has a net margin of 1.06% compared to Northland Power's net margin of -7.85%. Algonquin Power & Utilities' return on equity of -0.47% beat Northland Power's return on equity.
Northland Power received 5 more outperform votes than Algonquin Power & Utilities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.13% of users gave Algonquin Power & Utilities an outperform vote while only 66.84% of users gave Northland Power an outperform vote.
Summary
Algonquin Power & Utilities beats Northland Power on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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